Episode 04: Zarlasht Hailamzai

Hope, Joy and Safety in a Life Beyond War

This week we are joined by a true force of nature, my dear friend Zarlasht Halaimzai. Zarlasht was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan till she and her family were forced to leave as refugees in the early 1990s. She then travelled with her mother, father and 4 young siblings along the Trans Siberian railway for 4 years till they eventually arrived in the U.K when she was 15. Zarlasht has spent her whole adult life working across the Middle East and Europe to create access to education for young children from conflict zones, her Early Childhood programme 'Baytna' which means 'Our House' in arabic, has just been cited by the UN as benchmark of global best practice. She was recently named as an Obama Fellow for her outstanding leadership in the work she has done. So if the world is feeling like a dark or difficult place, listen in and let your heart be ignited by the fire of the Human spirit.

Created and hosted by Jess Mills | Creative co-production by Bonny Tydeman | Produced by Joel Porter - Dot Dot Dot Productions