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An Article by Louise Brosset, Community Coordinator at Techfugees<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In our blog posts or during international conferences and interviews, we, at Techfugees often talk about our actions, our beliefs, but very little about our internal organisation. However internal organisations, human relations and rituals are key for the whole community to work together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Explaining what Techfugees is is no easy task for one of its members; But it often starts with \u201cwe\u2019re a global volunteer-led community\u201d. And that\u2019s for a good reason. In those words, we try to sum up the richness and diversity behind the hundreds of volunteers involved in our so-called \u201cChapters\u201d. We are people with different backgrounds (political science, IT, human rights, entrepreneurship, design, humanitarian, researchers) coming together, outside of their working time to think about how technology can be used to empower displaced persons.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Techfugees Chapters Bootcamp<\/b><\/h5>\n

For the 5th anniversary of Techfugees, on <\/span>October 24-25th <\/b>Techfugees organized a <\/span>two-days virtual bootcamp<\/b> for all the Chapters and their teams, to get to meet each-other, review our methodologies of work, common tools and strategy for 2021 and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About 60 people gathered<\/span> from the UK 🇬🇧, Germany 🇩🇪, Serbia 🇷🇸, France 🇫🇷, Denmark 🇩🇰, Ireland 🇮🇪, Jordan 🇯🇴,\u00a0 Lebanon 🇱🇧,\u00a0 Kenya 🇰🇪, Nigeria 🇳🇬, Uganda 🇺🇬, Canada 🇨🇦, United States 🇺🇸 <\/b>from cities, settlements and refugee camps across the world,<\/span> despite connectivity challenges, a global pandemic, the lockdowns announced here and there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From our day-to-day activities, to connectivity, financial inclusion, remote work, health & Covid_19, entrepreneurship, a data hub, funding, volunteer coordination, impact measurement, communication, values, mission (without forgetting our Trivia-Night and <\/span>Natakallam<\/span><\/a> coupons as a prize 🔮), the Bootcamp gave us the opportunity to take a step back and reflect on what we had learned as a community and identify area where we could do better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0I am very frustrated not to be part of each session, I didn’t realize how accessible the community was and how ‘beautiful’ it was. It’s stupid, but hey. I took a little slap.\u00a0\u00bb <\/i><\/b>Volunteer, TF France<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0I think logistics were very well done overall. Bravo! I felt like the sessions kept to time and the transition between sessions was smooth. The best virtual conference I’ve been to with COVID-19 for sure.\u00a0\u00bb<\/i><\/b> Co-lead, Techfugees Toronto<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The power of the collective <\/b>(Why are communities so important?)<\/span><\/h5>\n

While building and growing the community, we learned from others (among whom Rachel Eilbot <\/span>Makesense<\/i><\/b>, Guillaume Capelle <\/span>Singa<\/i><\/b>) that communities do not need tools at first. They need time above everything. This goes in accordance with Techfugees guiding principles, #notechsolutionism. Although we\u2019re in the middle of a global pandemic making physical gathering complex, we\u2019ve gotten used, over the years, to communicate and create social connections digitally. Tech is only a tool, a support for our vibrant community.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What makes Techfugees community special?<\/b><\/h5>\n

In his book \u00a0\u00bb <\/span>Where Good Ideas Come From<\/span><\/a>\u00ab\u00a0, Steven Johnson draws parallel to the patterns of good ideas to patterns to what we see in nature. <\/span>One of them is the coral reef, <\/span><\/i>an open, fertile environment where various species sustain and support each other. Openness and connectivity are valuable ingredients for fueling good innovative ideas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In short, we think more creatively when we open our minds to many connected environments. Sharing ideas in an open environment are hunches and interconnection allows hunches to come together to nurture great ideas.<\/span> This is what we do at Techfugees. <\/b><\/p>\n

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Sourcing needs from the ground, getting displaced persons involved in any activity and decision making is dear to our hearts and makes the strength of our action. Technology comes next, but remain essential to us as:<\/span><\/p>\n