Nora Abdalaal

Nora Abdalaal is a university student and a human rights advocate from Canada who has founded her own registered non profit, called Bridging Borders. Bridging Borders, which is youth run, aims to connect people together and bridge the economic, social, and physical borders between them. They believe that by acting as a facilitator for humanitarian aid between different groups of people, they can take a step in the right direction and achieve incremental change towards a more interconnected and interdependent world. The slogan of the non profit is #HumansForHumans. Nora is very involved in her local community of Ottawa, Canada, and she has been working with refugees, immigrants, and other vulnerable communities for years. Nora aims to have a career in this field that will allow her to influence more change, and to work with diverse groups of people. One of her favourite quotes is " We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone." The motto of Bridging Borders, as well as for how Nora chooses to view the world is that "there is only one criteria to help someone and care for them, and that criterion is that they are a human being." Nora champions bridging the "borders" that separate and divide people in their own communities, and to unite and celebrate one another and the diversity around them.