Ciao beautiful people,
How was your month? Here we have some great news for you and some interesting news for you. So, which first? Em… lets start with the interesting news. We are organising a hackathon with High Schools in the US. They will be co creating the next version of our quiz with us.
Just to highlight what a hackathon is. It is a social event where techy/ coders come together to improve existing software or develop new versions. In our case these GenZ’s will working on the next version of the arty refugees quiz. The idea is that they will collaborate with the GenZ’s from Lebanon to come up with the next version.
Beta Quiz is waiting for you
Talking about quizzes our quiz beta is ready for you. Just click on the spin wheel below and let’s see how well you do.
Just a reminder a beta version means you give us feedback on your experience of the quiz - this way we know what’s working and what is not. You can send your feedback to zufi@bizgees.org . A randomly selected person will get a BIG discount from our gifts shop.
We have five section -
Film
Music
Literature
Arts &
Fashion
Our student journalist have been researching and gathering information on arty refugees from 1920’s onwards. So, over the last two years or so they have gathered well over 50 refugees who have made our lives beautiful after they were forced to flee their homes. Yes, these are the same people we highlight in our podcasts.
We would like to thank our Code Brave Team of GenZ coders for helping us convert all the information into the quiz. We look forward to working with them on taking it to next level with your feedback.
Post Conflict communities blogs with podcasts
Going forwards we will also highlighting issues post conflict communities. Cassia our miracle co-worker has been editing articles from the student journalists and organising the podcasts to go with them. So, from September you will be receiving them on a weekly basis.
Here is a podcast (without the article) to give you a taste -
These blogs & 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. We will always post some articles that stay open access.
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. Full collection is here.
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 Dylan, Freya and Lucia, not to mention tons more.
You can also gift a subscription to your friends and family as well.
Shopping Corner 🛍️
Make a statement this summer with exclusive wearable artwork.
You can buy your sustainable Tee here.
About Harper Bizarre Art. Exhibited at the Tate Galley, London. Harper Bizarre Art 🎨 is now available here! So, whether you are treating yourself or a loved one, consider this exclusive artwork 🛍️
50% of Harper Bizarre's earnings from this gift 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.
Did we forget to mention as a paid member you can get up to a 45% discount of her arty gifts collection. Not bad for a price of a coffee a week is it!
Volunteers Corner
We have 15 more student journalists signed up for September. More about then. Bernadette our Executive MBA co worker is completing her internship with this week. She has been working on our ESG report. It’s our first ESG report to date and we will be sharing it with you next month. We would like to thank her for time and energy. She has been a great help.
Cassia has been helping us with content generation as well now. So look forward to seeing your thought her touch to our content.
Taya and Falak are organising our YouTube channel - so watch this space. Just a quick update on Taya - she is settling well in Dublin. She is applying to universities to continue her studies. She is also organising her own paperwork, building her language skills and working on paying her rent at the same time.
Till next month folks,
Zufi, Michael, Gerry and a team of committed professionals.
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