Afghan refugee is Young Australian of the Year

Afghan refugee Akram Azimi has become 2013's Young Australian of the Year for his mentoring work with Indigenous youth.

Akram Azimi was named the Young Australian of the Year for his work with indigenous communities.

(Transcript from World News Australia Radio)

An Afghan refugee has become 2013's Young Australian of the Year.

Western Australia's Young Person of the Year, Akram Azimi, was nominated for his mentoring work with Indigenous youth, rural primary school students and even a Special Olympics athlete.

Mr Azimi also hopes to share Australia's Indigenous heritage with non-Indigenous Australians through a program he co-founded called I am the Other.

The 25 year old, studying law, science and arts at the University of Western Australia, arrived in WA from war-torn Afghanistan 13 years ago.

He told Ryan Emery what that was like.