Text from youtube "Refugee camps are unlikely hotbeds of untapped entrepreneurial talent. The UN estimates that there are 3,000 businesses inside the Zaatari camp in Jordan, generating $13m per month, even though refugees there are not in theory allowed to start their own businesses."
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Showing posts with label refugee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label refugee. Show all posts
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
5min 11sec @TheEconomist clip - The rise of the refugee startup
Text from youtube "Refugee camps are unlikely hotbeds of untapped entrepreneurial talent. The UN estimates that there are 3,000 businesses inside the Zaatari camp in Jordan, generating $13m per month, even though refugees there are not in theory allowed to start their own businesses."
Thursday, 17 May 2018
4min 39sec @TheEconomist clip - How to solve the #refugee crisis
Text from youtube "The refugee crisis is one of the most pressing challenges for the world today: around 1 person in 100 is a refugee. David Miliband, a former British foreign secretary, offers his thoughts on how to solve it. "
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Saturday, 4 February 2017
1 min 9sec #pope clip - don't abandon the #excluded and #marginalized
found via relevantmagazine
"We live in cities that throw up skyscrapers and shopping centers and strike big real estate deals … but they abandon a part of themselves to marginal settlements on the periphery
The result of this situation is that great sections of the population are excluded and marginalized: without a job, without options, without a way out.
Don’t abandon them.
Pray with me for those who are weighed down, especially the poor, refugees and marginalized, that they might find welcome and support in our communities.”
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Thursday, 29 December 2016
Monday, 8 August 2016
3 min 4 sec clip - well worth a look - your phone is now a #refugee's phone [watch on a mobile]
found via @wef
If you had to flee your country, what’s the one piece of technology you would take with you?
This striking film, designed to watch on a mobile phone, helps the viewer to experience with immediacy the confusion and fear facing refugees making a perilous journey by boat.
Your phone is now a refugee’s phone. Text messages arrive from your family. Suddenly someone contacts you on WhatsApp warning you to turn back. But are they right? Your lifeline is a phone with no signal that’s rapidly running out of battery.
The film is based on research conducted by BBC Media Action, in partnership with DAHLIA, to help humanitarian agencies be aware of the communication issues of refugees in transit. It found that access to internet, mobile networks and social media are critical in helping people feel more informed and better connected. For more information, visit: http://bbc.in/2amio0P
Saturday, 23 April 2016
Good #storytelling isn't limited to simplified representations of reality - & more ideas from a #Polis2016 session on #Reporting #Refugees
Last Thursday I attended the #Polis2016 conference at LSE, London UK. This post is about some of the ideas that came out from a session on Reporting Refugees.
1) Victims or heroes - There was quite a lot of discussion about how sometimes the stories journalists present about refugees frame them as being helpless and needy victims. But a cursory reflection on the determination needed for a refugee to start and continue on their journey indicates the exact opposite.
"We need to write about the heroes" .@kshaheen on the refugee crisis #Polis2016
#Polis2016: @RossalynWarren says we need to move beyond the paradigm of 'victims' & portray refugees as survivors.' #RefugeeCrisis
2) Shying away from topics society is uncomfortable with Several of the panellists pointed out the following
2) Shying away from topics society is uncomfortable with Several of the panellists pointed out the following
After @jonsnowC4's intro the panel discuss how mental health issues are unrepresented in refugee reports #Polis2016
3) Do the public only want the simplified 3 minute summary? Some of the panels discussion was about how the roots of the refugee situation went back a fair way in time and were complicated. Similarly trying to simplify descriptions of what is happening now to fit "3 minute" slots for TV could present a cartoon like depiction of reality.
"We [the media] tend to compartmentalise issues such as ISIS, #Syria & the #RefugeeCrisis." - @clarissaward at #Polis2016
La Stampa’s @annamasera says need to focus on high explanations (data, context, examination) not just high resolutions (photos) #Polis2016
.@ClarissaWard: 'Good storytelling is good storytelling. It doesn't matter what language is spoken or God is prayed to.' #Polis2016
.@clarissaward calls out journalists' hubris "I'm going to make the world a better place" just keep your head down, do good work #Polis2016
There is a hunger for good neutral nuanced reporting @clarissaward #Polis2016
4) Some other ideas and background to reporting on refugees
@RossalynWarren’s terrific piece using WhatsApp to explain the refugee crisis #Polis2016
A Syrian Refugee Shared His Struggle To Reach Europe In Real-Time On WhatsApp
Interesting debates this morning at #Polis2016 about reporting the refugee crisis. See our special report on this:
PS In an earlier post I summarised the key ideas and quotes from Jon Snow's opening address on whether journalists can win back the public's trust. Since then Charlie Becket has tweeted a graphic of what Jon talked about. Its a great summary - you may want to read my earlier post to understand some of the headlines in it.
'Alienation & Crisis': @jonsnowC4's speech to #Polis2016 made into a fab graphic by @silvia_alba
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
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Thursday, 18 February 2016
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