Techfugees @ Web Summit 2016

Collective, human and inclusive innovation empower forcibly displaced persons worldwideTechfugees mission is to leave no forcibly displaced persons behind in an increasingly digital and climate change-stricken world through innovations, inclusion and insights.Operating as a UK non-profit within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, our global collective of volunteers, tech solution providers, cross-sector organisations and humanitarian NGOs place forcibly displaced persons at the heart of everything that we do with duty-to-care to uplift those lives who are unheard, invisible and excluded towards betterment for all and their inclusion to participate in the digital society.Our Global Community including the pan European Emergency Response Network mobilised in crisis events such as Ukraine, empowers inclusion of forcibly displaced persons with responsible tech, developed for and with displaced communities, to have equitable access to trusted information, education, health, work and social integration whilst advancing their human rights through shared insights.https://techfugees.com/. Founder & Chairman: Mike Butcher (Editor-at-Large, TechCrunch)

Techfugees

On November 8, we are bringing together the Techfugees community that is attending the Web Summit. Mike Butcher, the founder of Techfugees will use the opportunity to share what we have been doing to date and officially launch the Techfugees Portugal chapter. 
Techfugees Portugal will be part of a international network made of tech engineers,  designers, social entrepreneurs, and NGOs all dedicated to working together and sharing learnings to come up with tech solutions to help refugees from their first journey to their arrival and societal integration.
6:30pm: Doors open
6:45pm: Welcome by Mike Butcher and presentation about Techfugees 
7:05pm: SPEAK by Mariana Brilhante with Q&A
7:30pm: "Snowballing social innovation" by Mirko Bass
8:00pm: Final notes by Francisco Silva & Inês Silva from Global Shapers Lisbon
 
Please support our crowd funding campaign launching on 8 November 2016:
<A HREF="https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/49628-education-amp-connectivity" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pledge your social network </A>and help us launch our fundraising campaign at WebSummit, to deploy connectivity & education solutions to refugees and NGOs on the ground. <A CLASS="_58cn" HREF="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/techfugees?source=feed_text" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#Techfugees</A>
Donate via <A HREF="https://www.gofundme.com/donate2techfugees" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GoFundMe</A>.

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