REFUGEE VOICES

"Thank you for all that [FilmAid] is doing. You are helping us to forget all the bad feeling that we had before. Without you we couldn't do it. When you are coming here it seems more like we are at home." — Ismet Beshinovg, Kosar refugee, age 20

"This FilmAid? It is awakening the dead minds of people into life." — Faisal Mohamed, Somali Manager, Multipurpose Center, IRC Self-Reliance Program, Kakuma Camp

“We thank FilmAid International for trying to encourage and us and save peoples lives through films. You are a source of knowledge to me and other people.” — Daniel Lowoi, Arid Zone Primary School, Kakuma, Kenya, age 14

“When you watch the films you realize that you’re not alone in your problems.” —Susan Asenjo John, Sudanese Equatoria refugee
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“This is what I’ve been waiting for. FilmAid has revived the lives of the refugees. FilmAid is an important area of development and education in Kakuma. It has given teachers a lot of morale.”
— Evans Mburu, IRC Adult Education Director

“FilmAid will educate us on a better life path.”
— Mohamed Ali Amiin, Somali refugee, age 22

“We have no communication with the outside world; no news. FilmAid lets us know what’s going on in the world.” — Abdulkadir Abu Barkale, age 22

“Whole families will debate the subject of the films after the screening. Sometimes women will take one side, men another and the children will choose sides with one or the other. They all discuss the issues.” — Constance Lamon Okot, Somali refugee

“FilmAid gives people food for the mind.” — Oketayot Hope Sandra, Former Ugandan Participatory Video Program student

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