Techfugees is an impact driven global organisation nurturing a sustainable ecosystem of tech solutions supporting the inclusion of displaced people.
Students supporting Techfugees withing the framework of the SEIP University Cooperation Program:
My name is Kingsley Uchechukwu Elijah.
I am from Nigeria.
I studied informatics at International Black Sea University (IBSU).
Additionally, I’m currently doing my masters in social entrepreneurship at Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia.
Plus, I am one of the team member of Techfugees on the SEIP project and I’m here to make an impact to the refugees who does not privileges like us.
My name is Radescu Eva and I'm currently studying Business Administration at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies.
This is the first time I participate in a program similar to SEIP, I'm very excited to be a part of this and help Techfugees.
My name is Andreea and I am an ambitious Business Administration student committed to academic excellence.
I am prepared to implement diverse skill sets, technical proficiency and new perspectives to leadership personnel through my passion about everything that the business work environment has to offer.
Supervisor:
Dr. Leendert de Bell is professor of sustainable labor participation of refugees at University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and is academic staff member at Utrecht University Centre for Entrepreneurship, where he teaches on (social) entrepreneurship in various Master's programs.
Hey guys! Quick update! We are currently working on creating a Live Session for refugees organizations from Serbia & Bosnia. Currently, we managed to get one positive answer from one of the organizations (Refugees Aid Serbia) and we are going to start looking for tech solutions that would benefit them. Here is a one-pager on the challenges that RAS is facing right now. :) @Leendert de Bell @Simona Goia @Zsolt Bugarszki
Great job @Andreea-Raluca Radulescu and @Eva Radescu. I hope that @Simona Goia also sees this :)
Hello!
Came here to give everyone an update on our project! We are currently researching tech solutions that could be implemented in Serbia and Bosnia in order to help refugees and NGOs, as well as contacting the organizations we found for a possible contribution to the Data Hub platform.
I would say that everything is going as smoothly as possible and we are having a great time working for this cause. 😊
Additionally, here is the Excel where we are going to keep track of the organizations, contacts, main issues, and tech solutions:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wkSav6pJf86dUYU0OzcXbh7DKlZA4AfSL4_x1KmI-RQ/edit?usp=sharing
Hello!
Just to keep everyone updated , my team and I are currently focusing our research on Serbia and the border between Croatia and Bosnia. We have also agreed on some key topics according to the most important news regarding refugees in those areas like family reunification , acces to information and police brutality along with some tech solutions to tackle these problems. We are so excited to be part of this programe , we learned a lot in the last few weeks and want to thank everyone who made this possible. Here is also an example of a one pager of what we've been working on.
Awesome project idea!!
Attached student's proposed 15-30-45-60 day task plan on assigned project under review
Project Assignment – Datahub
Techfugees has created Techfugees Data Hub (http://www.tfdatahub.org/) – a platform that collects quantitative and qualitative open data on how particular issues affect displaced communities worldwide. The platform brings organisations and displaced persons together through orchestrated live sessions to provide evidence based insights and shared best practice local implementation of curated innovative humanitarian digital solutions that better the situation for displaced lives.
DataHub currently aggregates Covid-19 open field report data (both top-down from global institutions and bottom-up from local ground data within refugee/displacement camps) to show heatmap of the pandemic impact on displaced communities. In addition, regular live sessions are orchestrated with displaced persons and cross-sector organisations on a regional/country-level basis to discuss topics of the current challenges/barriers faced by displaced persons and solutions to enabling access to information, education, health, work and inclusion.
The objective for DataHub is to expand the number of contributors to provide open data / field-reports (currently relating to how Covid-19 is affecting displaced communities), collaboration with cross-sector organisations, Live Sessions and enabling partnerships.
Student's task over the two months until 28th May 2021 is to achieve the following:
Research: Conduct market research to build a network of at least ten (10) contributors across Balkans / Eastern Europe providing open data on displacement needs: i.e. information, education, health, work and inclusion.
Internal Activity: Engage with the Techfugees DataHub team on Slack channel to gain understanding of current initiatives to organise a Live Session and identify at least one (1) partner organisation to participate.
Market Engagement: Create documentation (blog posts, articles, social media…) and impact report framework about the Live Sessions in collaboration with the lead contributors in the region.
@Leendert de Bell @Adeyinka Adewale @SETH AMOFAH