Refugees want empowerment, not handouts | Robert Hakiza

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🗓️ 22 February 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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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 shows us how organizations like the one that he started can provide them with the skills they need to ultimately become self-sufficient.

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0:00.0	This TED Talk features refugee advocate Robert Hekiza, recorded live at TED Global 2017.
0:09.0	Currently, most refugees live in the cities rather than in the refugee camps.
0:18.0	We represent over 60% of the number of refugees globally.
0:27.6	With the majority of refugees living in urban areas, there is a strong need of paradigm shifts
0:35.6	and new thinking.
0:44.3	Rather than wasting money on building wars,
0:50.3	it would be better to spend on programs to help refugees to help themselves.
1:04.0	We always have to live behind all our possessions,
1:07.5	but not our skills and knowledge.
1:13.6	If allowed to live a productive life, refugees can help themselves
1:16.6	and contribute to the development of the host country.
1:20.6	I was born in a city called Bukavu, South Kivu,
1:28.2	in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
1:31.9	I am a fifth born in a family of 12 children.
1:37.3	My father, a mechanic by profession,
1:41.4	worked very hard to send me to school.
1:46.0	Just like other young people,
1:49.0	I had a lot of plans and dreams.
1:53.0	I wanted to complete my studies,
1:56.0	get a nice job,
1:58.0	marry and have my own children, and support my family.
2:03.6	But this didn't happen.
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