Vlogbrothers
Zaatari: Thoughts from a Refugee Camp
In which John visits the Za'atari refugee camp in northern Jordan and talks with refugees there about their hopes, ambitions, fears, and complex lives.
Great Big Story
Dance as Healing, Bringing Movement to Refugee Camps
Discover how dance therapy brings joy and healing to children in a refugee camp.
Great Big Story
Dance as healing, bringing movement to refugee camps
Discover how dance therapy brings joy and healing to children in a refugee camp.
Curated Video
Overcoming Adversity: Actress Rutanya Alda Grew Up In WWII Refugee Camp
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” Here's an actress who doesn't know the words 'give up.' Rutanya Alda, originally from Latvia, spent years in a German refugee camp during WWII. Her dream of becoming an actress...
Curated Video
The rise of the refugee startup
Refugee camps are unlikely hotbeds of untapped entrepreneurial talent. The UN estimates that there are 3,000 businesses inside the Zaatari camp in Jordan, generating $13m per month, even though refugees there are not in theory allowed to...
The Guardian
Syrian Refugees Make the Dangerous Journey from Turkey to Greece
Rania and Ayman risk drowning in the Mediterranean, travelling in a boat meant to hold 15 people but stuffed with over 50, as they make their way from Turkey towards Austria. After nearly drowning, they encounter discrimination, scams,...
Australian Children's Television Foundation
MY:24 - Refugee turned hip-hop artist
G-Storm is a 17-year-old Melbourne-based hip-hop artist who was born in a refugee camp in Tanzania. At the age of nine he met and fell under the spell of his Uncle Fablice (see above). Fablice was only three years older but under his...
TED Talks
TED: Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me) | Mary Maker
After fleeing war-torn South Sudan as a child, Mary Maker found security and hope in the school at Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp. Now a teacher of young refugees herself, she sees education as an essential tool for rebuilding lives -- and...
Curated Video
Israel attacks Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
Video shows the first moments after an Israeli air attack hit Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, killing several people.
National Geographic
Soccer is Kickstarting Joy For Kids Living in This Refugee Camp | Short Film Showcase
Children living in Jordan's Za'atari Refugee Camp have a space to "empty their sorrows" by playing the sport. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Short Film Showcase: http://bit.ly/ShortFilmShowcase About Short Film...
The March of Time
1948: GREEK CIVIL WAR REFUGEES: * WS Greek army trucks w/ children at refugee camp building. WS Refugees, children out of trucks. VS Greek children up stairs, on line, being deloused, getting vaccination needle shots. Greece
MOT 1948: GREEK CIVIL WAR REFUGEES: * WS Greek army trucks w/ children at refugee camp building. WS Refugees, children out of trucks. VS Greek children up stairs, on line, being deloused, getting vaccination needle shots. Greece
The Guardian
I don't want any more sadness in my life' - comedy theatre about life in the Calais refugee camp
PsycheDelight, a social theatre company made up of people who met in the Calais refugee camp known as the ‘Jungle’, have devised a tragicomedy play, Borderline, about their experiences which premiered at this year’s Brighton fringe...
TED Talks
TED: Refugees want empowerment, not handouts | Robert Hakiza
The prevailing image of where refugees live is of temporary camps in isolated areas -- but in reality, nearly 60 percent of them worldwide end up in urban areas. TED Fellow Robert Hakiza takes us inside the lives of urban refugees -- and...
TED Talks
Melissa Fleming: Let's help refugees thrive, not just survive
Today's refugee crisis is the biggest since World War II, and it's growing. When this talk was given, 50 million people had been forcefully displaced from their homes by conflict and war; now the number is 65.3 million. There were 3...
TED Talks
TED: Don't feel sorry for refugees -- believe in them | Luma Mufleh
We have seen advances in every aspect of our lives -- except our humanity, says Luma Mufleh, a Jordanian immigrant and Muslim of Syrian descent who founded the first accredited school for refugees in the United States. Mufleh shares...
TED Talks
TED: The board game getting kids excited about school | Joel Baraka
Going to school in a refugee camp can be complicated: students encounter crowded classrooms, rigid curricula and limited access to teachers. Joel Baraka, who grew up in the Kyangwali refugee camp in Uganda, is determined to change that...
Vlogbrothers
The Extraordinary Story of Hussam: Teenager, Writer, and Syrian Refugee
In which John Green meets Hussam, a 16-year-old Syrian refugee living in the Azraq refugee camp in Northern Jordan with his mother and little brother. Hussam learned English in the camp in three months with help from YouTube videos and a...
The Guardian
Syrians dream of returning home in 2014 at Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp
Syrians dream of returning home in 2014 at Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD New Year's Eve at one of the the largest refugee camps in the world, Zaatari in Jordan. Refugees say they...
The Guardian
Family life in a Syrian refugee camp: 'A mother must be stronger than a mother'
Family life in a Syrian refugee camp: 'A mother must be stronger than a mother' Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Two Syrian women living in Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan talk about family life at the camp...
The Guardian
Football coach at Syrian refugee camp: 'Our task is to educate a new generation'
Football coach at Syrian refugee camp: 'Our task is to educate a new generation' Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Muhammad Rashed is a football coach from Syria, who lives at Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. He...
The Guardian
Baker at Syrian refugee camp: 'The camp has given us many memories'
Baker at Syrian refugee camp: 'The camp has given us many memories' Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD A young baker at Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan describes what life is like working at the camp and why...
The March of Time
Jewish refugees to refugee camp
MOT 1945: PALESTINE: Jewish refugees displaced persons walking in line into refugee camp. MS Women children walking through gate. MS Soldier & official directing men through gate of refugee camp. WWII Survivors limited immigration.
The March of Time
1953: REFUGEES: BERLIN, GERMANY: XWS Refugee camp warehouse. INT VS East Berlin refugees crowded together in skylight warehouse floor, various men, women, children, families, women changing clothes. Berlin Wall, occupied city, privacy
MOT 1953: REFUGEES: BERLIN, GERMANY: XWS Refugee camp warehouse. INT VS East Berlin refugees crowded together in skylight warehouse floor, various men, women, children, families, women changing clothes. Berlin Wall, occupied city, privacy
Curated Video
Girls behind the lens: Zaatari refugee camp
Marah Al-Khatib fled Syria four years ago, when she was 13 years old. She has since been living in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. Entrance into and exit from the camp is tightly controlled, but Al-Khatib and a small group of friends are...