Ciao beautiful people,
Hope you have been enjoying the summer. Here we have been preparing for the coming quarter. Before we go into what we working on - let’s talk a bit about the coming UN event we are participating in.
Global Week to #Act4SDGs. Every year in September the UN brings people together from all across the world to work together. Participants can highlight an action they are working on or they can support an action highlighted on the UN platform.
We have two actions highlighted on the platform you can participate in.
Beta test our Arty Refugee Quiz - developed by GenZ coders in Lebanon and student journalists from Oxford University. And,
Read and share the content from our media hub. The content has been created to support GenZ’s and policy makers understand the unique experiences of post conflict communities and refugees from across the world.
Click here for all the information.
So, during the Unite to Act week from 15 - 25 September we ask you join us and act with us to make this information more widely available to your peer groups globally.
Arty Refugees we highlighted over the last month
You can catch the podcasts here
Writer & Illustrator - Judith Kerr OBE. Link here.
Poet - Mahmoud Darwish. Link here.
Writer - Bessie Head. Link here.
They are free to access for the first 3 weeks after posting 😉
Shopping Corner 🛍️
Animal Art Hoodies by Lucia Colella Art
Preparing for the autumn. Why not start here. You can pick your animal spirit and wear it all the time. You can even sleep in them to keep you safe and warm at night. All this collection is 100% organic cotton. So your carbon foot print will be as low as possible. What a great way to enjoy art as well - take it with you wherever you go.
Did you know Lucia draws her art while she listens to music? She lets her heart take the lead and naturally the image emerges.
For a 30% discount on these hoodie just become a paid member.
Volunteers Corner
We have another 15 student journalists joining us from War Studies department at King’s College, London in September. They will be receiving training to become digital journalists from Reuters - the news agency.. They will then use this training to research and write articles about post conflict communities globally. Look forward to seeing what you think of work with us.
Our current volunteers - Taya & Cassia - will also be receiving some upskilling as well. They will training to be sales professionals - foundation level. Great skill to help them build their careers. Personal selling skills are always a great skill to nurture along with helping us grow our revenue base. So, don’t be surprised if you notice a slight change in what they do with us. Falak is preparing for university entrance at the moment. More about them next month.
Till next month folks,
Zufi, Michael, Gerry and the team of committed professionals.
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