Innovation meets impact: Our latest win & what’s coming next 🎉
A4R 🎨 Monthly - a GenZ co creation.
Ciao Trailblazers,
Not to brag (okay, maybe a little), but we just added some serious hardware to our metaphorical trophy shelf. 2025 Winner of the Innovation and Excellency Award is officially ours, recognizing our work as a leader in refugee support. The actual title is Refugee Support Company of the Year! 2025 Winner.
This award celebrates forward-thinking initiatives that drive real impact, and we’re honored to be recognized for the ways we’re using technology and storytelling to amplify refugee concerns, create economic opportunities, and push boundaries in the humanitarian space. It’s a win for us, but more importantly, it’s a win for the communities we serve.
Meanwhile, in the digital world, our crypto integration is moving forward. We’re deep in with Third Web and currently weaving our own A4R Coin—one step closer to launching on Rarible. Soon, NFTs will be tradable, and a new chapter in refugee support by Gen Zs will open.
We’re also excited to announce that we’re working on an online quarterly magazine, curated for easy access to our best articles all in one place. It’ll be a perfect way to stay engaged, learn about pressing global issues without feeling overwhelmed, and, of course, enjoy beautiful visuals that complement the content. We can’t wait to share it with you!
Big things ahead. Stay with us.
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Our Sponsor for this month
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Podcasts of the month
Here’s what we’ve shared this month:
Chloe’s ‘🕊️ Brexit & Beyond: New Fault Lines Dividing Northern Ireland.’ Listen and learn here.
Brenda’s ‘📱 Peace Through Pixels: Digital Peacebuilding with FARC Women 🤝’. Listen and learn here.
Caitlin’s ‘☮️ Can Algeria Heal? The Challenges of Social Reform’. Listen and learn here.
John’s ‘🇭🇹 Haiti's Unbreakable Spirit:📰 Risking It All: Haitian Journalists Report the Truth Under Gang Rule ✊’. Listen and learn here.
Enjoy these podcasts and their accompanying articles & Infograhics for free on Substack for the first three weeks! 😉 You can also listen to all episodes on YouTube, Spotify, or Listen notes.
Take your pick and let us know which one you enjoyed the most!
The Gaming Corner 🎮
Some games from February:
🌟 ‘The Untold Story of Lucian Freud: A Refugee Who Redefined British Art’. Read about his experience and enjoy a conversation with him here.
🌟‘Lispector: The Brazilian Writer Who Defied Expectations 🔥’. Read about her life and enjoy a the micro game about her here.
🌟 ‘Anok Yai’s Inspiring Journey: From Redefining Beauty to Vogue Covers.’ Read about her journey through fashion and play here.
You can enjoy lots of the other micro games on our Gaming Studio page here.
Next month we will be rolling out our support helping non techys develop micro games with us. We have 28 students from Oxford University lined up to try this out. This will be part of their training as Citizen Journalists. We can’t wait to share what they cook up!
Citizen Journalist Corner
Did you notice how our student journalists are now citizen journalists? We felt these passionate and dedicated GenZs deserved a more rewarding title. They have been taking time out of their studies, and sometimes free time, to join us. They are an important link between reliable sources of information and their GenZ peer group.
This month, 15 such dedicated Citizen Journalists joined us, completing two introductory journalism courses. Each of them recorded a podcast and wrote an article exploring how communities rebuild after war. Their stories span from Northern Ireland, reflecting on its progress 20 years after peace, to Libya and Syria, shedding light on the challenges these regions continue to face on the ground
The Giving Corner
Finally, as we move into March, we’re marking Red Cross Month—a time to recognize humanitarian efforts worldwide. As a platform dedicated to amplifying these issues, we’re spotlighting communities rebuilding themselves once the conflict is over. The very ones the world has forgotten along with the human issues they are dealing with on a daily basis.
If you haven’t already, take a moment to check out Skylar’s feature, Direct from the Front Lines: The Total Impact of War, which takes a deep dive into the fall-out from Nagorno-Karabakh. You can read it here.
We encourage you to join the conversation and show your solidarity. Tag us in your acts of support on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and BlueSky.
Thank you for being part of our journey. You can support our work by “donating us a coffee”. Click here.
This is a simple way to keep us going — nothing like a dose of caffeine to boost your day! Till next month — enjoy your coffee along the way 😊
With gratitude,
Zufi, Tilda, Michael, Gerry & Amira.
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