Regional and local guest speakers will discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on displaced communities and what - tech - solutions/best practices have come out as a result in the Middle Eastern region especially Jordan.

Guest Speakers :

Emma Bonar - Norwegian Refugee Council [Regional Overview]

Emma Bonar is the Youth Specialist for the Norwegian Refugee Council in Jordan and previously NRC’s Global Youth Advisor. NRC's youth programming provides structured learning pathways for adolescents and youth leading to improved livelihoods, social engagement, and further education. Technology is integral to programming with digital literacy forming part of the curricula and technology used as a learning modality.

Since the Covid-19 outbreak, technology has been adapted to play an increasing role in NRCs programmes. Emma is committed to empowering marginalized and refugee youth to realise their rights and holds MA degrees in Educational Psychology and International Development.

Dina Alaeddin - Youth Task Force in Za'atari Refugee Camp [Focus on Za'atari Refugee Camp]

The Youth Task Force (YTF) is an action-oriented field-level forum, which is focused on youth-specific advocacy, planning and coordination, while addressing the cross-cutting nature of the population group, and works toward advancing the youth agenda in humanitarian settings in line with the Global Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action.

Saddam Sayleh - I Learn Civic [Local Innovative solution]

Saddam Sayyaleh (@SaddamSayyaleh) is a social entrepreneur and director of programs in Majlisna and I Learn Jordan.

Saddam is passionate about employing a community-based approach to empowering youth and children in disenfranchised communities. Through informal education, youth volunteerism, and global partnerships he seeks to establish safe spaces that encourage innovation, intellectual growth, and critical thinking. Saddam is an expert in community mobilization and social innovation.

Saddam is a board member of Generation Unlimited also he is recipient of the Badir Award for Young Jordanian Social Entrepreneurs and a Global Laureate fellow and member of World Economic Forum global shapers community and an alumni at the Swedish Institute and U.S state department and Fellow with UNESCO youth.

Moderators :

Ahmad Bassam - DoctorX CTO & Techfugees Data Hub Volunteer

Matthew Gardiner - Techfugees UK Volunteer

About these Live Sessions

Techfugees launched an open and collaborative platform to map out how COVID-19 is affecting refugee & displaced communities across the world.

Because we want the voice of local communities to be heard and widely shared, we’ve decided to organise bi-monthly live geographical update sessions to widely share concerns of locals on how to limit the impact of COVID-19 on displaced communities and present potentially replicable existing tech solutions.

About Techfugees Data Hub

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