May 3 11
Our Tear-off Flyer campaign makes it to Mexico City These pictures are from Gitte Bog, Artist and all round fantastic person – check out her website at www.gb09.com Thanks again Gitte for the great photos. If you want to read more about the campaign go here: Local neighborhood
Apr 28 11
Kakuma team A Kakuma team member in the shade Kakuma team with umbrellas Kakuma team in debate Dadaab team gets T-shirts The Dadaab Team’s T-shirt detail Dadaab Hagader monitors in formation Dadaab Ifo monitors The Refugees United Teams at work in Kakuma & Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya!
Apr 26 11
Visualisation of Refugees by Country of Origin, 2000 – 2008. Check out Many Eyes and see more data visualised at different periods, it’s interesting to see. original data source : UNHCR
Apr 18 11
afrographique: Internet penetration – The African Digital Frontier An infographic breakdown of the African continent’s internet and mobile connectivity.
Apr 9 11
afrographique: Infographic depicting the top 10 mobile subscription countries in Africa.
Apr 1 11
Refugees United in Uganda, Feb. 2011 – Part 1
Refugees United in Uganda, Feb. 2011 – Part 1 In early Feb 2011, David and I headed to Kampala, Uganda, with Rick Gershon from MediaStorm. Also joining us was RU ambassador Mads Mikkelsen. We set out to further document the life of Refugees United and our mobile refugee family tracing tools; a visual journey we had begun a few months prior at MediaStorm’s Brooklyn studios. MediaStorm, a brilliant multimedia production company, are great at finding, and telling, the compelling story. In our case, we decided to speak in-depth with some of the refugees searching for missing family through Refugees United,…
Mar 11 11
Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 8th 2011
Pushing 43 degrees Celsius, this is actually the “cold” season for South Sudan. Hairdryer hot is the first word that comes to my mind. Arriving in Juba on Feb. 7th for a short stay was a privileged invite to the birth of a new nation; exciting, with a dash of Bambi-legs. It shone clearly from the eyes of most officials who’d been official less than a few hours: “What the hell am I doing here?” Refugees United was in town with UNHCR Uganda, paying a visit to the UNHCR Sudan field office in Juba to discuss family tracing through Refugees…
Mar 4 11
The Brazilian Red Cross people tracing forms with Refugees United stickers. Thanks to the great work from our São Paulo Office in Brazil, this is what Alexandra Aparicio, our Latin America Manager had to say: The Brazilian Red Cross people tracing forms now include information on Refugees United. The round green sticker contains the search engine website and mobile tool addresses. Our partner will help us raise awareness on Refugees United and spread the word around the world, since the forms are sent to various countries! 🙂 It looks great. Don’t forget, if you want to help us, spread awareness like…
Feb 28 11
Local Neighborhood Campaign: Tear Off Flyer in your neighborhood Please help us raise awareness about Refugees United. Getting information out about our tracing tool is the key to secure as many family reconnections as possible, and now you can help! We’ve designed a tear-off flyer that you can print and put up in your local super market, library, school or anywhere with a public board around your neighborhood. It’s just 4 easy steps away from making a big difference. Translations If you want to translate the flyer into your local language, please advise us. We will do our very best to…
Feb 25 11
We’re helping to raise awareness in our neighborhood Neigborhood: Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark PLace: Netto food store
Hundreds of families are reconnected
through our work every month, often after years of searching for their missing loved ones.
Any donation will help separated families reconnect.
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