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Refugees revitalizing African communities from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
Kjerstin Erickson, founder and executive director of FORGE, discusses the 6-year-old international NGO that works with refugees and war-affected populations in Africa. "We provide a support system to allow refugees and post-conflict communities to rebuild and revitalize themselves," she says in this 4-minute video interview conducted at Social Capital Markets 2009.
FORGE helps about 60,000 refugees a year with locally tailored solutions for self-sufficiency. The FORGE team runs libraries, computer training centers, agricultural loan programs and income-generating activities that "contribute to a level of economic independence that has proven to be critical to break the cycle of war and poverty in Africa," she says.
FORGE Founder and Executive Director, Kjerstin Erickson, speaks at SoCap 2009 (video courtesy of http://blip.tv/file/2640050).
Members of the Meheba Refugee Settlement discuss the impact that the recently-funded Refugee Health Service will have on their community (video by: Heather Falenski).
"The Congo of Tomorrow" is a short slideshow of pictures from Kala Refugee Camp (photos by: Heather Falenski).
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