She established the Almasar Library Centre, which educates women and children living in Sahrawi refugee camps about climate change.
[1][2] Mohamed-Lamin was born and raised in Smara, the largest of the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf Province, Algeria, and was one of twelve children.
[8] Upon graduating from university and returning to Smara, Mohamed-Lamin founded the Almasar Library Centre, with the goal of educating Sahrawi women and children on environmental issues.
[6][9] Through Almasar, Mohamed-Lamin supported over 200, 000 refugees with addressing issues of water and food insecurity in response to climate change in the Sahara.
[11][13] Mohamed-Lamin criticised countries that traded with Morocco exports that originally came from Western Saharan land, including writing an open letter to New Zealand about their purchase of phosphate rock from the Moroccan government.