Exposing Hope - Kenya
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Alissa Everett co-founded Exposing Hope in 2007 to bring awareness to human rights abuses neglected by the mainstream media through photography and to raise funds to support the subjects of her photography. Today, Exposing Hope is building a facility at the sprawling Kakuma refugee settlement in northern Kenya. Kakuma was created in 1992 to take in the so-called Lost Boys of South Sudan and refugees from Ethiopia and Somalia fleeing conflict at home. It is now one of the largest refugee camps in the world, with a population of over 191,000 from 19 different countries, including thousands of school-age children.
This is their story.
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About APIF
In May 2019, the International Publishers Association and Dubai Cares had a vision to support publishers across the African continent.
The result was a courageous initiative called the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund- An $800,000 fund to support literacy, book access, indigenous publishing, and library restoration.
This podcast series features the dreamers and free-thinkers who have stepped up in the face of adversity. We'll learn about their ambitious projects and a shared belief— that access to knowledge is an undeniable human right.
Learn more about the APIF by visiting https://www.apinnovation.fund
About Dubai Cares
We’d like to give special thanks to our project partner, Dubai Cares, who has been working towards providing children and youth in developing countries with access to quality education. To date, the UAE-based global philanthropic organization has successfully launched education programs reaching over 20 million beneficiaries in 60 developing countries.
To learn more, please visit www.dubaicares.ae
About IPA
This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association. The IPA is the world's largest federation of national, regional, and specialist publishers' associations. Our membership comprises 89 organizations from 73 countries in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and the Americas. Through its members, IPA represents thousands of individual publishers worldwide who service markets containing more than 5.6 billion people. Learn more about the IPA by visiting www.internationalpublishers.org
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