FORGE Updates
1) A video feature of FORGE, The Edge With Jake, and Dr. Kenneth Kaunda is now up on the ONE blog. http://action.one.org/blog/
2) The Executive Director of FORGE will be featured on CNN's "People You Should Know" segment which focuses attention on people who do interesting and effective things. It is set to air on Paula Zahn soon. I will let you know when.
3) Lawyers, Law and Social Change - explores the impact of lawyers on social change and a portion of the proceeds will go directly to FORGE which will also be featured on the back cover of the books. It can be purchased at http://www.unlimitedpublishing.com/forge/
4) PROJECT UPDATE: The oppressive nature of refugee camps should not be normalized nor perpetuated by the implementation of FORGE projects on the camps. Taking this into consideration, I will now look to integrate the international laws and human rights regarding refugees into their education. I will look to explore the origins and underpinnings of refugee camps in an effort to help the refugees understand their situations and to know their rights as humans.
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posted by La Voix Humaine @ Wednesday, April 18, 2007
4 comments
4 Comments:
Aren't you repatriating them so that the refugee camp isn't perpetuated?
--your favorite brother
yes, but they've been institutionalized in their decade-long stay on the camp. While there they have basically had no right to provide for themselves; everything comes to them in pre-portioned rations ONLY IF the UN can afford it that month. Other projects in our group focus on setting up services that inadvertently normalize the refugee situation. these include pre-schools, health centers, libraries, etc. These aren't bad in and of themselves, but it is my hope that we will not forget how oppressive the lack of freedom of movement is.
After WWII, Western Europe ABSORBED refugee populations. However, post cold-war refugees are not invited to integrate into the local community as the socioeconomic incentive of migrant workers has turned to burden. In Zambia, the inability of refugees to leave camp with out a day pass and the Zambian government refusing to provide even ID cards (without which a cop has the right to jail anyone) is largely due to racism of Zambians against Congolese and vice versa. If we focus, in all projects, on being more concerned with human rights and refugees as individuals, then we can assist in freeing them from the compartmentalizing title of "refugees" and think of them as humans. This is especially important in sending them back to DRC. They must not have come to see themselves as "refugees" but as people with all the human capabilities and entitlements which that entails.
--your favorite pain in the arse sister :)) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Very interesting. I would take "person" over "refugee" any day of the week, though I suppose the title would stick a little more after 10+ years.
--your favorite brother
exactly :)
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