Mukhtar Ahmed

Mukhtar Ahmed
Honorary Delegate

Mukhtar Ahmed is a Refugee Congress Honorary Delegate. He is a former Somalia refugee who was reunited with his family in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2009.

After being displaced many times and becoming separated from his family, Mukhtar fled to Kenya with friends, where he spent four years without knowing where his family was or whether they had survived. In early 2007, Mukhtar received a phone call and heard the words, “Hello, I’m your mother. I’m calling from the United States.”

Another two years passed before he would see her in person. He vividly recalls getting off the plane and seeing his mother for the first time in years. He says that there are no words that can adequately describe the joy of that moment.

Mukhtar has studied at Jefferson Community and Technical College and works full-time. School and work occupy much of his time, but he continues to give back to his community by volunteering at a local resettlement agency, Kentucky Refugee Ministries. His desire is to one day be able to assist people who are still in the midst of violence and help to end the ongoing conflict in Somalia.

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