This week’s My Mission Is… podcast guest is Nikki Samonas, actress, host, and UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) Goodwill Ambassador from Ghana. Samonas has worked with LuQuLuQu, a campaign by UNHCR, to raise awareness of and support for forcibly displaced people in Africa. Her work with refugees began in 2017 when she visited a refugee camp in Ghana to learn more about UNHCR’s emergency response work. 

This year, Samonas starred in High Currency, a drama series depicting the challenges faced by women working in the banking sector. Her recent philanthropic work includes donating sanitary pads to refugees to help combat period poverty in Ghana, and taking part in a free breast cancer screening in Accra, the country’s capital. She recently won the Women’s Choice Awards Africa award for Best Actor.

In this week’s episode, Samonas talks with Mission’s founder and editor-in-chief Karina Givargisoff about the misconceptions surrounding refugees, social media as a means of awareness raising, and the importance of humor during dark times.