Discover Your Power Within: Gaming News, Inspirational Podcasts, and more
Discover Your Power Within: Gaming News, Inspirational Podcasts, and more
A4R 🎨 Monthly - a GenZ co creation.
Ciao beautiful people,
How was the Olympics for you? It was great to see the Refugee Olympics Team receive its first ever medal - Bronze in women’s boxing. The team this time comprised of 37 athletes from 11 countries. The way the refugee team works is that the country who host refugees provide them with the support to become athletes. If they qualify they join the Refugees Team given they cannot perform under their own country’s flag. Here is an article with the full story of where they are from, which countries host them and which events they participated in. Have a read here.
The Paralympics started last night - so you have another opportunity to cheer for the Refugees Olympics team again.
Look forward to seeing what your friends and family think of their performance.
Before we go further a quick word about this month’s sponsor -
GISTICS is Silicon Valley based Innovation Think Tank. They specialise in connected consumption. They have also been supporting us organise our systems and structures as well. So, if you need a helping hand in building the next generation of high growth business drop them a note and don’t forget to mention us for some special love ❣️
Podcasts & articles we shared over the last month
Thomas Mann - From Refugee to Literary Legend. A Symbol of Resistance Listen & Read here
Banned But Not Silenced: The Story of a Rebellious Director
Iraqi Artist Escaped War & Now Makes Powerful Art About Women's Struggles
Silenced No More: Women Lead Memory Movement in Colombia
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Roots of Rebellion and the Quest for Equality
From War Hero to Music Icon: The Unstoppable Freida Belinfante
They are free to access for the first 3 weeks after posting 😉 Look forward to seeing which one you liked the most.
Gaming Corner 🎮
We have been making great strides with our gaming side. So much so, that RoseBud.Ai wrote a blog post about our work with Rosie - their Ai based gaming engine. Rosie is a great Ai tool for gaming development. But, like all Ai engines it needs to be trained to become proficient. All our interns were coders and they used their time with us to support Rosie train up, while creating the micro games for you. Have a read of the blog post here 👇
Volunteers Corner
Nimrit our summer intern from University of California - San Diego - completed her time with us. During her 8 weeks with us she created 90 new posts for us, she posted 450 items on our social channels. She also generated 30 leads for Financial Advisors we could approach. She took ownership of our A4R Media Hub and supported us redesign it. She also updated our movement canvas and used Ai to create marketing material for us. We wish her well for the coming academic year
Next month we will be organising more internships for GenZs. These internships helps GenZs build their vocational skills while they are still studying. This sharing economy approach is a great way for them to use their spare time to build their CV's. So, watch this space for more.
Gifting Corner 🛍️
Global Goals Week is coming up next month. It is the annual week of action, awareness and accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals. Don’t forget to tag your post using the event hashtag #GlobalGoals . You can learn more here.
You can support these sustainable development goals with us. As a paid subscriber you get a 30% discount as well. You get to support your local community along with refugees at the same time - why choose one over the other?
Wearable art by Lucia Collea
Did you know Lucia draws her art while she listens to music? She lets her heart take the lead and naturally the image emerges. You can learn more about Lucia here.
50% of Lucia's earnings from these gifts will transform refugees into entrepreneurs. Meaning members from this low income post conflict community can take ownership of their own lives. So, basically, you fund training, inventory and business mentoring with each gift. You can buy the totes here.
For a 30% discount on these arty gifts you have to become a paid member. Membership costs less than a coffee a week. This is how we pay our bills while funding the impact we create.
Till next month folks,
Zufi, Michael, Gerry & Miranda.