Refugee Deeply
Throughout all the reading with in the refugee depply website, refugees have been around forever as well as suffering for hundreds of years. There's currently a problem in Syria with refugees due to the attacks the country is experiencing. What the United States and all the other countries in the world is experiencing is who canbe considered a refugee. With the whole ordeal with ISIS causes the problem with allowing refugees to enter certain countries which is sad becasue a lot of these people are average people who are seeking help and the article talking baout who is and isn't a refugee really allows the readers to open up their eyes on the cause. The asylum process is probably the hardest process for refugees becasue once you are granted asylum, the country is giving protection to the individual or family that is seeking safety.
Saido Berahino
The story of Saido Berahino is quite a touching story and shows that if you work hard for a goal in life you can succeed. Saido is a striker on the West Bromwich football club in the United Kingdom. Saido was a Burundian refugee who fled his country due to a civil war occurring in his country. He left his country in the late 90's and split from his family. Saido traveled all over Europe trying to figure out where his mother was and finally after two years he found his mother in England. British officials didn't allow him to see his mother at first because of no proof of DNA and eventually passed. He states in his video that nobody should go through what he has and thanks England for allowing him to enter their country and eventually allow him to play soccer professionally.
How Architecture Redefines the Refugee Crisis
With all of the new technologies and buildings being brought up each and every year, many of the architects in today's society may of designed an architectural piece to help with the refugee crisis. A lot of architects are bing hired in many of these countries that are having trouble accepting refugees because the over abundance that are entering their countries. Many of these architects are building walls to prevent further refugees seeking asylum to enter their country similar to the US and Mexico border. Architects are also designing barriers in these refugee camps because of people who haven't earned asylum are distracting and hurting those who have earned it.
Clement and Aline Shabani
The film interview between both Clement and Aline Shabani was a very interesting and emotional video to watch. They both work for a non profit organization to promote education and human rights knowledge to all, specifically the women. They mainly work with the people who have experienced human rights discrimination. The ultimate goal for them is to put these girls into college and university while earning a scholarship. Throughout the interview segment, Clement describes how the government that Congo went through was devastating. Many of the women were the ones who suffered during this genocide. Outside places didn't realize that there was a genoicde occurring and the few countries that did know, wouldn't help. Clement also describes the suffering that occurred all throughout his time as a child during this regime.
The struggle for Justice in Guatemala: Iduvina Hernandez at TEDxHagueAcademy
Iduvina Hernandez gave a nice and inspirational as well as emotional story during her time giving a talk with TedX. Immedietly once the talk began she told the crowd never to forget those in Guatemala. Once after, she began talking about how the 97 days of this genocide effected her life and the life as many others. For the most part after watching this talk, Hernandez strictly only talked about the genocide but she did want to make a clear picture that th people in Guatemala even though they went through hell and back, they are all still very strong and brave and will bring themselves up.