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On my weekly podcast "FUTURE OROMIA" I had an extraordinary conversation with an outstanding young Oromo girl, who lives in the UK.
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“It's all about the way we think and how we do things make things different. So change our mentality and think positively. Don't be afraid to try something for fear of failing before you even try. Instead of listening to the destructive advice of others who have never tried before. When they advise you to stop trying and scare you by telling you that if you try, you will fail. Just ask them if they have tried what you do now and if not then move on in your fight and one day with your goals set you will be the winner. Take the chance and stay on track in the fight for victory ... '' says Kutube, who was not afraid to try everything and won a lot of what she tried.
Her name is Quxube Jacob, She was born in Oromia and raised in Kenya Kakuma refugee camp where she completed primary school and high school.
Upon completion of her high school in 2014, Quxube started teaching in a local primary school and then joined #FilmAidinternational to learn about basic journalism. In 2015, she moved to the UK (settled by the UNHCR). When she settled in the UK, in less than a month, she began a college study where she studied Business Management.
In 2017 she completed college and joined the University of Huddersfield in the same year to pursue a degree in Human Resource Management with Business Management. Whilst at university, she joined different clubs and University societies to gain extra skills and to meet people from different backgrounds.
Quxube also got a job within the university as Student Associate. She said, ''those roles and activities helped me to grow as a person as it boosted my self-confidence and other interpersonal skills.''
During her final year at university, she started her online business (selling mainly Oromo items) and it is around this time that she also started a Youtube channel.
Quxube says, '' I started the channel to empower youths in my community however, it didn’t attract a lot of people and decided to move on to something else but in the future, I am looking for ways to empower youths. ''
Quxube graduated from university in 2020 with first-class honours in HR and Business management and now she is currently working full time for Kirklees Council as Business Support Officer.
She goes on and tells me that, '' As for my future goals: I want to go back to university to pursue a career in international relations at Lancaster University and to work for UNHCR. I also want to create a platform where I can empower youths in our community.''
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