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This is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

I'm Holly Gibbs and in this special edition we are marking World Refugee Day.

We'll be bringing you some extraordinary stories of people who have fled their homes in search of safety

and have thrived despite their difficult beginnings.

I'm joined by Tam Patachaco, a BBC journalist who's recently joined our team.

Tam, tell us why this episode is particularly relevant to you.

Well, I was actually born in a refugee camp. I lived in Yarugosu, which is one of the biggest

refugee camps in the world, according to the UN, and I lived there for the first eight years of my life.

We all used to listen to the radio, and one of the most popular radio stations that we used to listen to was BBC Swahili.

For the first eight years of my life, I just thought the BBC was a Tanzanian broadcasting channel.

And so to be sitting here today, it's kind of like a full circle moment for me.

And for those listening, can you describe what the camp looks like?

Well, Niarugusu is, you know, in the middle of the savannas in West Tanzania.

So whenever I close my eyes, the first thing I can see is the red soil.

You know, everything is red from the mud brick houses to the thatched roofs.

And I can actually almost smell the ripe

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