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Description:Abdirahman Ali was born in Somalia, where he studied physics and worked as a secondary teacher for many years. His wife and children came to the UK where they settled in London. Continued persecution forced Abdirahman to join his family in the UK in 2002 and the family was sent to Birmingham by the Home Office. Still passionate about education, because of the struggles he encountered in Somalia and the rejection from his colleagues in his own country, he decided to train, and then work, as an employment adviser. Having been without a job as a parent, Abdirahman came to know that his vocation in life was to help refugees and asylum seekers in similar circumstances. In 2004, he set up Afro-British Support Services (IMPACT) which supports and assists refugees and asylum seekers to overcome barriers in housing, health, employment, education, welfare and training.