From Text to Change: Helping Refugees Build Their Own Future
Episode description
Dr. Rouba Mhaissen is a Syrian-Lebanese economist, activist, and community mobilizer on a mission. As a 2019 #GlobalLeadershipAwards honoree, she is the Founder and Director of Sawa for Development and Aid (founded in 2011), a non-profit organization that supports Syrian refugees in Lebanon, and Sawa Foundation UK, that supports forced migrants in Europe and the Middle East.
Listen in as Rouba sits down with Vital Voices President & CEO, Alyse Nelson, to discuss the importance of empathy in her leadership journey to give hope and humanity to Syrian refugees.
To learn more about Vital Voices, visit www.vitalvoices.org
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Production Credits:
Producer: Christi Owiye
Writer: Lizzie Kubo Kirschenbaum
Host: Alyse Nelson
Music Credit:
On My Way Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/