Robert Hakiza: Refugees want empowerment, not handouts
Robert Hakiza: Refugiados querem empoderamento, não esmola
TED Fellow Robert Hakiza is the co-founder of the Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID), which empowers refugees and builds community through vocational education, English classes, access to sports and computer literacy skills. Full bio
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live in the cities
living in urban areas,
vivendo em áreas urbanas,
for a paradigm shift and new thinking.
de paradigma e de um novo pensamento.
on building walls,
construindo muros,
all our possessions.
para trás todos os nossos pertences.
e o conhecimento.
of their host country.
do país anfitrião.
in a family of 12 children.
me mandar para a escola.
to flee to Uganda in 2008,
me forçou a fugir para a Uganda em 2008,
a steady exodus of refugees
a um êxodo fixo de refugiados
na capital da Uganda, Kampala.
than a refugee camp.
melhor que um campo de refugiados.
international assistance,
para refugiados nas cidades,
by UNHCR in 1997.
pelo ACNUR em 1997.
we were confronted with
com o qual fomos confrontados,
due to our refugee status,
devido ao nosso status de refugiados,
to education and health.
and discrimination.
se concentravam principalmente
to support other refugees.
para apoiar outros refugiados.
for Integral Development --
for Integral Development,
within the Congolese community.
na comunidade congolesa.
to solve these challenges.
para resolver esses desafios.
evolve in stages,
evoluem por estágios,
to English language
para a de língua inglesa
from different communities.
de diferentes comunidades.
with the Ugandan community,
para se engajarem na comunidade ugandense,
their neighbors and sell wares.
os vizinhos e vendessem produtos.
offers livelihood skills,
oferece habilidades de subsistência,
for economic self-reliance.
para a autoconfiança econômica.
mais da nossa ajuda.
foram se expandindo,
range of nationalities --
crescente de nacionalidades:
over 3,000 refugees across Kampala
mais de 3 mil refugiados em Kampala
empoderamento, não esmola.
melhor do que ninguém.
and opportunities we face
e oportunidades que encontramos
por refugiados funcionam.
recognized and supported.
reconhecidas e apoiadas.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robert Hakiza - Urban refugee expertTED Fellow Robert Hakiza is the co-founder of the Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID), which empowers refugees and builds community through vocational education, English classes, access to sports and computer literacy skills.
Why you should listen
Robert Hakiza is a refugee from Congo living in Uganda since 2008. He holds a degree in Agriculture from the Catholic University of Bukavu (DRC), and he's the co-founder and executive director of the Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID). He is also one of the founders of the Refugee-Led Organization Network. He has experience working with urban refugees and also works to educate others about obstacles refugees face. In 2013, Hakiza worked as an assistant researcher with Oxford's Humanitarian Innovation Project. He is a TED Fellow and an Aspen New Voices Fellow 2017.
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