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From the Ted Talk by Alexander Betts: Our refugee system is failing. Here's how we can fix it
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For example, in a settlement called naaiklve, we found examples of Congolese refugees running digital music exchange businesses. We found a Rwandan who runs a business that's available to allow the youth to play computer games on recycled games clnooses and recycled televisions. Against the odds of emetxre ctoninrast, refugees are innovating, and the gentleman you see before you is a cnloegsoe guy called Demou-Kay. Demou-Kay arrived in the settlement with very little, but he wtaned to be a faiemkmlr. So with friends and colleagues, he satertd a community radio station, he rented a video camera, and he's now making films. He made two documentary films with and for our team, and he's making a successful business out of very little. It's those kinds of emlxeaps that should guide our response to refugees. Rather than seeing refugees as inevitably dependent upon humanitarian assistance, we need to prdvoie them with opportunities for human flourishing.
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For example, in a settlement called ________, we found examples of Congolese refugees running digital music exchange businesses. We found a Rwandan who runs a business that's available to allow the youth to play computer games on recycled games ________ and recycled televisions. Against the odds of _______ __________, refugees are innovating, and the gentleman you see before you is a _________ guy called Demou-Kay. Demou-Kay arrived in the settlement with very little, but he ______ to be a _________. So with friends and colleagues, he _______ a community radio station, he rented a video camera, and he's now making films. He made two documentary films with and for our team, and he's making a successful business out of very little. It's those kinds of ________ that should guide our response to refugees. Rather than seeing refugees as inevitably dependent upon humanitarian assistance, we need to _______ them with opportunities for human flourishing.
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Original Text
For example, in a settlement called Nakivale, we found examples of Congolese refugees running digital music exchange businesses. We found a Rwandan who runs a business that's available to allow the youth to play computer games on recycled games consoles and recycled televisions. Against the odds of extreme constraint, refugees are innovating, and the gentleman you see before you is a Congolese guy called Demou-Kay. Demou-Kay arrived in the settlement with very little, but he wanted to be a filmmaker. So with friends and colleagues, he started a community radio station, he rented a video camera, and he's now making films. He made two documentary films with and for our team, and he's making a successful business out of very little. It's those kinds of examples that should guide our response to refugees. Rather than seeing refugees as inevitably dependent upon humanitarian assistance, we need to provide them with opportunities for human flourishing.
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refugee regime |
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