Zannah Bukar Mustapha: 2019 Aurora Humanitarian

Zannah Bukar Mustapha: 2019 Aurora Humanitarian

Director and Founder of Future Prowess Islamic Foundation – a school that provides education to some of the most deprived children in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

In October 2016, he secretly traveled to meet with Boko Haram rebels in their Sambisa forest hideout during a media blackout and left with 21 children. Thirteen months later, supported by ICRC, the Swiss government and the Nigerian authorities, he negotiated the additional release of 82 girls. 

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Photo:  © UNHCR/Susan Hopper