UnDEfeated: Advocate and Author Desange Kuenihira

Episode 56 November 26, 2025 00:28:02
UnDEfeated: Advocate and Author Desange Kuenihira
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UnDEfeated: Advocate and Author Desange Kuenihira

Nov 26 2025 | 00:28:02

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Show Notes

Desange Kuenihira wrote her book, Undefeated Woman, to encourage other young people from refugee backgrounds - and through the process she found strength and healing for herself. Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Desange spent much of her childhood in a refugee camp in Uganda before resettling in Salt Lake City. She has since graduated from the University of Utah and founded UnDEfeated, a nonprofit uplifting students and women in Uganda, some of whom are navigating life after child marriage. UnDEfeated’s American sponsors can take trips to Uganda to personally meet the people they are sponsoring. Learn more about the work of UnDEfeated and hear directly from students at speakundefeated.org and on the UnDEfeated YouTube page.

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