The Power Of One: Supporting Refugees In Need With Art with Kayra Martinez

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Science, Self-improvement, Documentary, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Education

5.0 • 22 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this interview, we meet Kayra Martinez, the founder of Love Without Borders For Refugees In Need. You’ll hear how ONE woman harnessed her desire to help refugees in need to form a not-for-profit that has since helped thousands of refugees living in camps in Greece. Kayra learned by apparent accident when she supplied crayons and paper to kids living in the refugee camps. She discovered that kids who had stopped speaking were able to connect once again -- and that adults were able to move through some of their grief and start to heal.

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0:00.0	Welcome, fellow do-goaters and friends. Have you ever thought, I'm just one person, I can't make a
0:05.4	difference? This episode will prove that single, doubtful thought is simply untrue. Through the story of
0:11.4	Kira Martinez and her not-for-profit, love without borders for refugees and need, you'll see how
0:17.1	one person can make a difference in thousands of lives, just by seeing a problem and trying to help in some small way. You'll see how one person can make a difference in thousands of lives just by seeing a problem
0:21.4	and trying to help in some small way.
0:24.6	You'll see how the simple act of bringing crayons and paper into refugee camps of Greece
0:30.2	gave rise to an artistic movement that both brings awareness to the problems that refugees
0:35.1	face, problems that don't simply disappear when they escape
0:39.4	their home country, and provides refugees with hope for a better tomorrow. So today, I invite you to
0:45.9	care a little more about refugees in need as we meet Kira Martinez.
0:50.8	Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes.
1:00.0	Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.
1:05.6	You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today.
1:10.4	Here's your host, Karina Belize.
1:14.3	Hello and welcome. This is Care More Be Better and I'm pleased to be joined today with
1:18.5	Kira Martinez. Kira Martinez founded this really incredible not-for-profit a few years back.
1:25.1	And we're going to talk about what she's doing today and how you can
1:29.0	actually get involved in help. The not-for-profit is called Love Without Borders for Refugees in
1:34.6	Need. Kara, thank you so much for joining us. Welcome. Good morning, Karina. Thank you so much for
1:39.6	having me. It's great to be here. So as we get started, I just love you to talk about what drove you to
1:44.6	start this effort and then we can just dig in. Sure, absolutely. I have been traveling my whole life
1:52.2	and I think traveling to all of these countries, it sort of made me aware about other countries
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