The four winners of the 11th annual Ockenden International Prizes for refugee and/or displaced people projects are Hope Health Action East Africa, Otros Dreams en Acción, Shanti Volunteer Association and SINA (Social Innovation Academy).
Was awarded one of the four annual Prizes for the practical and significant mobility improvements for the often neglected refugees with disabilities – in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in northwest Uganda, the temporary home for more than 270,000 South Sudanese refugees fleeing ongoing civil war.
For a project, based in Ciudad, focused on deportees forcibly displaced by the state., which benefits from being managed by deported people and forced returnees as well as for the practical support provided.
for an enterprising library project along the Thai-Myanmar Border’, one of the world’s most challenging geopolitical hotspots. Shanti has placed 15 community libraries – in seven refugee camps along the border – which are self-managed by refugees.
nominated by Zimbabwe’s Transformation Innovation Hub (TiH) was awarded one of the coveted Prizes for a training project that’s manifestly inspiring young business entrepreneurs by implementing their principle of ‘Freesponsibility’ – combining ‘freedom’ with ‘responsibility’ – and the co-creation of ‘Self-organized Learning Spaces’.
Political sociologist, Dr. Dilar Dirik, is Ockenden International’s third Joyce Pearce Junior Research Fellow. The fellowship, funded by Ockenden International, is administered by Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) in conjunction with the Refugee Studies Centre, part of the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford.
In my childhood, my parents and I were forced to flee Turkey to seek asylum in Germany, due to the war and the political persecution of the Kurdish people. In recent years, the Middle East region has experienced unprecedented scales of mass displacement and forced migration, even leading to episodes of genocide and irreversible historical and ecological destruction. From my own personal and academic perspective, I believe that the recurrence of such tragedies can only be tackled in a manner that is compassionate towards affected communities, but critical towards international and local political, cultural, social and economic systems and discourses that . . .
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