Ciao beautiful people,
Welcome to our new look. Can’t wait to see what you think? Sharing is caring so let’s not keep all this good news to ourselves and don’t forget to tell your friends and family as well.
So, what’s new I hear you ask? Well … you can:
Find us on SubStack Notes. Yup, the same notes that Twitter didn’t like and tried to ban from being shared and liked on their platform. Here is a thread we are active on discussing student journalism and realism - link here.
Find us om TikTok - we just hit our first 1000 likes. So don’t forget to look us up there as well. Here is our profile link or you can use the QR code - whichever suits you best.
Have a read of the blog post from the student journalists. We are also planning on adding a section dedicated to them as well. Watch this space. Some examples of their work is here -
Displacement and Disabilities: Including the Needs of All Refugee Children - read more here.
Acknowledging the female refugee: the availability of period products and education about periods in refugee camps - read more here.
“Butterflies with New Wings”: Gender, violence, and resistance in Buenaventura, Colombia - read more here.
Listen to Arty Refugee backstory podcasts. They are live as well. We have over 20 podcasts ready for you. They will be posted 3 times a month. We have taken a multi media approach as well, so you can listen to the back story while reading a short article about the arty refugee at the same time. Here are a couple for you to get started - you can subscribe to receive them in your inbox.
Listen to a podcast interview with one of the undiscovered local artists we work with - Harper Bizarre Art. She discusses Art and Activism - Link here.
These podcasts are freely available for the first 3 weeks after posting. Then only paid members can access them - we feel this would be a great way to scale the impact we create and pay our bills.
How much is the paid membership? Not a lot - only 10 bucks a month. So, for less than a price of coffee a week you get:
Unlimited access to great content
Get your money back with each arty gift you buy with us - 30% - 45% off every purchase
Lower your carbon footprint - every item you buy is organic/ recycled
Transform refugees into entrepreneurs - every $1000 generates 3 micro businesses
Support local undiscovered talent like the student journalists and the undiscovered artists
You can also gift a subscription to your friends and family as well.
Shopping Corner 🛍️
Wearable Art - Unisex Long Sleeve T-Shirt.
Human Being Human Doing by Harper Bizarre Art
Harper Bizarre Art promotes activism through her art work. You can now wear her artwork to work / to go shopping / hang out with your friends and lots more. So, why not enjoy art by wearing it, promote humanity and enjoy a wearing a soft, comfortable and fashionable tee all at the same time. More here.
Forgot to mention as a paid member you can get up to a 45% discount. Not bad for a price of a coffee a week is it!
Make your life a little more simpler tip
Some simple facts about the food we eat everyday - or should be eating! Taya and Falak our volunteers came up with a 30 second video to help with this. Have a watch and don’t forget to share. Just like the apple to watch the short video. After all, an apple a day does keeps the doctor away!
Gaming Update -
The Code Brave coding team from the post conflict community of Lebanon are working hard on converting all the arty refugee articles into a game for you. As they enter the development phase we thought it would be great to introduce you the GenZ coders working with us. Ali 16 a python coder (still learning) is from Beirut. Amal 19 is a Biology student at University and is from Al Shouf. And, Omar 16 from Damascus, Syria, now living in Beirut are our coders for this project. Here are some screenshots of their work -
Volunteers Corner
Christina from Texas wanted to share her experience with us. She is now busy preparing for her graduation. We all wish her the best with her career going forwards. Noah from Oxford has also taken a step back to focus on his final exams. All the best to them from all of us.
Taya from Ukraine is now working with Falak from India. They are both teenagers busy building their work expereince with us before they start university. Video production is their core focus with us.
Over the coming month more volunteers will be joining us - look forward to sharing their work them with you next month.
Till next month folks,
Zufi, Michael, Gerry and a team of committed professionals.
Arts4Refugees is a @Bizges brand.