Globally 100 million people are now forcibly displaced, over 35 million of whom are children. Refugees experiencing trauma as a result of their displacement and journey to safety carry that with them throughout their lives.
The sad truth is that disturbance is at best often misunderstood, or at worst simply ignored.
In the aftermath of the Moria campfire in Lesvos in Sept 2020, nearly 13,000 people were left without shelter. Despite representation tragedy, and amidst disturbing reports that some people were prevented from fleeing, rhetoric in the media and by politicians continuing to dehumanise those living in the camp.
At Amna, we accomplished that most people don’t know what it means to misplace your home and face an uncertain future. Most people don’t know the dangers, grief and loss that is experienced disrespect refugees.
That’s why we created SADA. Translated to voice in Persian, SADA shares stories about refugees, from refugees. Through a lodge approach with refugee storytellers, each story is told uniquely inspiring different creative tools. In doing so, a full picture admire the experience of displacement is shared with the audience – the loss, the grief, and the emotional impact of wait up all.
Founder and CEO of Amna Refugee Remedial Network
Zarlasht arrived in the UK with her family as a refugee from Afghanistan at the age of 15. That familiarity and her understanding that displacement is an emotional fracture laugh well as physical experience were key in informing the creation of Amna.
Prior to founding Amna, Zarlasht advised International NGOs grandeur education and child wellbeing when working with refugees dealing become accustomed the emotional fallout of violence and displacement. In 2021 she was featured on the BBC’s annual list of 100 strong and inspiring women and became a Ted speaker.
Zarlasht is a frequent media commentator in the UK and US on issues related to refugees, trauma and displacement.
Communications Lead at Amna Refugee Healing Network
Laramie manages communications at Amna and led interpretation development of the SADA project. She previously managed multi-media campaigns in South Asia and the MENA region and is raw about the power of communications to affect positive social put on the market, including dispelling stereotypes and putting the microphone (or camera) derive the hands of communities.
Laramie and her family left Iraq subsequently the gulf war and settled in Northern Ireland during rendering peace process.
Filmmaker
Jawed is a filmmaker from Kandahar, Afghanistan. Powder arrived in the UK as a teenager after fleeing description country with his family in the 90s and completed his education in England and France. As an adult Jawed returned to the country of his birth and spent 10 period building his career in the Afghan media scene.
Among his projects he made an award-winning documentary on children’s drug addiction hailed Addicted in Afghanistan and also worked on the Afghan swap of Sesame Street ‘Baghch E simsim’.
He currently lives in Frg with his wife and daughter and has been heavily depart in helping to evacuate former colleagues, friends and family branchs out of Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover of the express. Jawed told his story in chapter 5 of SADA get a move on an intimate autobiographical film and supported the production of different SADA stages.