Join the Gen Z Revolution: Shaping Tomorrow with Gaming, Web3 & Ai🛠️🌍
A4R 🎨 Monthly - a GenZ co creation.
Ciao Trailblazers,
As we step into 2025, we’re thrilled to bring you along on the next phase of our journey. Behind us is 2024, a year of incredible transformation and new horizons — including everything from AI-based micro games to podcasts and NFTs. Each project has brought us closer to our mission of empowering voices and fostering creativity.
Our ongoing mission is to share stories of communities rebuilding in the aftermath of conflict. These communities are from different parts of world, some you know about and many you don’t. These stories cover their human needs and how well they are being met.
Besides this we are also co creating innovative audience experiences with you — our users. We are building on what others, like ProPublica's 'The Waiting Game’, are doing — using gaming as a medium for journalism. By embracing innovative methods we’re creating immersive experiences that truly resonate.
We will be spending time with the Third Web – Ai x Web3 startup cohort next month — integrating all this innovation into one space. We want you to access everything without needing to worry about anything. We look forward to sharing what we develop with their support in the coming months.
We’d love to hear what you think about this new chapter we are starting. Does our approach to Citizen Journalism resonate with you? Or do you think there’s another medium we could use that better captures the essence of what we do? Share your thoughts — this is a dialogue, and we’re here for it.
Don’t forget to tag us when you share your thoughts on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Or if you prefer email us your feelings and we can share as a post like this — your choice.
Sponsor of the year
Social Founders connects, supports and promotes founders in the charity, social enterprise and impact sectors. They are a global network supporting founders creating social impact.
They provide a mix of practical and personal support, connections, events, stories, information and inspiration. They also share stories across the media and other stakeholders, to inform and inspire wider audiences.
They’re based in the UK, but have founders in their network across India, Sri Lanka, US, Japan and Europe.
You can join their network and build your social purpose firm — make life easy yourself! And don’t forget to mention us for some special love ❣️
Podcasts of the month
Here’s what we’ve shared this month:
Emma’s ‘Nowhere to Call Home: The Rohingya's Identity Crisis 🗺️’. Listen and learn here.
Priya’s ‘From Conflict to Clicks: Kashmir’s Youth Rise Up Online 🚀✨’. Listen and learn here.
Anna’s ‘🔥 Syria's Double Crisis: Climate Change & Conflict 🌪️’. 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 here: YouTube Spotify Listen notes
Take your pick and let us know which one you enjoyed the most!
The Gaming Corner 🎮
Some games from January:
🎥💔 "From Hollywood to Heroism: Marlene Dietrich's Daring Fight for Freedom 🌟 Read about her experience and enjoy a conversation with her here.
💔 Refugee, Dreamer, Artist: The Inspiring Journey of Marc Chagall 🌟Read about his life and enjoy a the micro game about him here.
🎥 German Expressionism to American Noir: The Legacy of Fritz Lang. Read about his experience and talk to him here.
🌟 Surviving Apartheid: From Refugee to Resilient Voice of Change. Read about Bessie Head’s journey through word and play here.
You can enjoy lots of the other micro games on our Gaming Studio page here. We also have some great news. Victoria — a former teacher — has been working with us to design a simple way for non techies to create micro games using AI. So, watch this space as we co create more experiences with GenZs for you.
The Giving Corner
February is Black History Month, a time to honor and reflect on the achievements and contributions of Afro & Caribbean individuals and communities to our lives. In recognition, we invite you to give an hour of time playing micro games we co generated with Ezinne and Elora. But, before you eager beavers get going:
Here is a micro game about Bessie Head — created by one of our GenZ interns Eric. Bessie was a revolutionary advocate for justice and civil rights. She fought against apartheid and racial discrimination her whole life. Learn about her life and talk to her here.
You can find the games we co created about arty refugees with Ezinne and Elora below:
Connections with Isabel Allende here.
Hang with Clarice Lispector here.
Become a poet Ocean Vuong here.
Anni’s textile mania Anni Albers here.
Helping Freddy Mercury unpack here.





Let’s celebrate them and their work together. Tag us in your acts of solidarity on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Thank you for being part of our journey. Here’s to a new year filled with stories and connections that inspire.
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, Michael, Gerry, Tilda & Amira.
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