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It’s World Refugee Day!

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On Friday, I wrote about a social networking project, Commkit, that some VSee people are involved in, and I just wanted to share this video screen capture of i-Act co-founder and director, Gabriel Stauring, talking about the life-changing impact this social networking access has had on the children in the refugee camps and the community as a whole.  He made a trip to Chad this year to bring Commkits into the refugee camps and to train people to use them. Btw, he’s sharing this at a lecture via VSee (starting about 1:09:00)!  Also sorry about my bad laptop mic.

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Also check out the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) site to get updates on World Refugee Day and  Angelina Jolie’s field missions as Goodwill Ambassador in the past few days.

 

Social Networks For Social Change

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At VSee we have several people who are passionate about improving the situation of refugees around the world.  They volunteer their time, knowledge, and resources to make a difference in the lives of refugees.  In the past VSee has taken a very active role in supporting the cause, so in honor of the upcoming World Refugee Day on Monday, June 20 put together by the UN Refugee Agency, I thought I’d highlight a project discussed in Continue reading →