Muhammed Idris: What refugees need to start new lives
무하마드 이드리스 (Muhammed Idris): 난민들이 새로운 삶을 시작하기 위해 필요한 것
Muhammed Idris wants to improve social services delivery through collective and artificial intelligence. Full bio
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전화 한 통을 받았습니다.
30 first cousins,
가까운 사촌들이 있지만
was actually my mom's cousin
제 어머니의 사촌이었고
도착한 상태였습니다.
in Montreal as a refugee.
난민 신청을 위해 캐나다로 오고 있는
coming to Canada to apply for asylum
the clothes on their back.
since that phone call,
of technologists, researchers and refugees
다양한 팀을 이끌며
self-help resources for newcomers.
자립 도구를 개발하고 있습니다.
language, cultural and other barriers
삶에 대한 통제를 잃게 만드는
control over their own lives.
도움을 주고 싶습니다.
the rights and the dignity
도움을 구할 때 잃는 권리와
도움을 줄 수 있다고 믿습니다.
is not unique.
특별한 것은 아닙니다.
are newly displaced
자신들의 터전을 잃습니다.
정치적 상황과 관련되어있죠.
at a local YMCA shelter
보내진 YMCA 보호소에서
and other relatives were sent to
적응하기 위한
resettlement requires.
배우고 경험하게 되었습니다.
you need to find a lawyer
변호사가 필요합니다.
within two weeks.
2주 안에 작성해야 하죠.
with a pre-authorized physician,
신체검사 예약도 잡아야 합니다.
for a work permit.
for a place to live
지원이라도 받기 위해서는
any sort of social assistance.
찾기 위해 미국에서 도망친
over the past few years,
지난 수년간 지켜보며
도움이 필요한 사람들이 더 많을 때
than there are resources to help them.
빠르게 느낄 수 있었습니다.
빠르게 확장되지 않습니다.
난민들을 돕기 위해
with limited resources,
더 많은 시간을 보내고 있습니다.
more time waiting in limbo,
to support resettlement efforts,
수백만 달러를 지원했음에도
still don't know
도움을 줄 수 있는 자원이
from filling out paperwork
모르고 있습니다.
that this information doesn't exist.
이러한 정보가 없다는 것이 아닙니다.
bombarded with so much information
어려운 정보를 계속 제공받게 되면
to make sense of it all.
just tell me what to do,"
그냥 뭘 해야 하는지 알려주세요."
over and over again.
it could be to get your bearings
어떻게 행동할지 방향을 잡는 것이
when I got to Montreal,
똑같은 경험을 겪었습니다.
himself also a refugee, put it:
한 사람은 이렇게 말했습니다.
is more important than food,
음식보다 중요해.
resources and information
between life and death.
resources and information
between life and death.
첫 한 주 동안 무엇을 해야 할지
through your first week
인공지능 지원자입니다.
말하기만 하면 됩니다.
some basic questions
물을 것입니다.
for resources.
a place to stay tonight?
"오늘 밤 지낼 곳은 있습니까?
an all-women's shelter?
여성 전용 보호소를 원하십니까?
a custom, step-by-step to-do list
단계별 목표 리스트를 만듭니다.
that you need to know,
모든 것이 담겨있지요.
어떻게 가야 하는지,
질문을 할 수 있습니다.
with a real person who does.
실제 사람과 연결될 것입니다.
and service organizations
현재 필요한 것이 무엇인지
that's necessary to understand
제공한다는 점입니다.
이미 파트너십을 맺고
campaigns in Arabic, English,
크리올어, 스페인어 등으로
강제로 터를 잃은 사람들이
displaced worldwide.
공식 통계에 초점을 맞추곤 합니다.
이보다 훨씬 심각합니다.
an additional 140 million people
1억 4천만 명에 달하는 사람들이
due to environmental degradation.
터를 잃을 위협에 처할 것입니다.
there are nearly one billion people
10억 명에 가까운 사람들이
settlements and slums.
빈민가에서 살고 있습니다.
challenges of our time.
every single newcomer an advocate.
지원자가 될 수 있길 바랍니다.
can amplify existing efforts
Atar가 큰 도움이 되길 바랍니다.
on a social safety net
초월할 정도로 커져 버린
beyond imagination.
완화시키길 바랍니다.
중요하게 생각하는 것은
the rights and the dignity
도울 수 있는 자원을 제공함으로써
resettlement and integration
they need in order to help themselves.
회복하는 데 도움을 주는 것입니다.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Muhammed Idris - Entrepreneur, investorMuhammed Idris wants to improve social services delivery through collective and artificial intelligence.
Why you should listen
Dr. Muhammed Y. Idris, PhD is a Fellow at Capria, a leading global impact investment firm, and the cofounder and lead developer of Edel Technologies, an organization that build AI-powered tools and products for frontline humanitarian organizations and service providers, including the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Inspired by own personal experiences with refugee resettlement, Idris left academia to build the world's first virtual advocate bot, Atar, that empowers refugees and other newcomers with information about what to do, where to go and what to expect using customized step-by-step guides.
Trained as a computational social scientist, Idris started his career in finance at BlackRock and went on to complete a PhD with a focus on research and development of open-source tools for leveraging socially-generating "big data" and make it easy to digest this complex technical information into actionable insights.
Idris's work has been presented at numerous academic, policy and industry conferences, and he has held teaching and research positions at the University of Washington, The Pennsylvania State University, Concordia University in Montreal as well as Harvard University, where he held a predoctoral fellowship at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affair while completing his dissertation.
As a self-taught programmer, Idris enjoys teaching statistics and programming in his spare time. While his current focus in on helping streamline and scale refugee resettlement, his mission is to help improve social services delivery for all through collective and artificial intelligence as an entrepreneur and investor.
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