Barikama means resistance

Barikama means resistance

Housed in an abandoned former textile factory, Barikama Yogurt is a glimpse into what happens when people are forced to create their own opportunities. This micro-income project produces and sells organic yogurt in the Rome vicinity. In a brightly lit room with...
10 ways to innovate in higher education in emergencies

10 ways to innovate in higher education in emergencies

In reality, education receives only 2% of humanitarian aid. UNHCR considers education a basic right, “one that is vital in restoring hope and dignity to people driven from their homes.” Unfortunately higher education is often a luxury for those who have...
7 videos guaranteed to change the way you see refugees

7 videos guaranteed to change the way you see refugees

Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard the phrase “Put yourself in someone else’s shoes.”  It was one of the most common expressions my parents used when I was growing up as they tried to get me to look at a situation from a different point of...
How I began manufacturing solar lights for my community

How I began manufacturing solar lights for my community

My name is Abdullahi Mohomed Adow. I’m a 33-year-old refugee from Somalia, currently living with my family (my wife and our eight children, and my mother) in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. We arrived here in 2009, after the situation in Somalia became too dangerous for us to...
How one group of refugees changed education

How one group of refugees changed education

In 2014, NeeNee Productions met a group of refugees working to change the way education was delivered to children in their community of Kyangwali Refugee Settlement. When we met this group of men they had been working for change for nearly ten years. Watch our latest...