women founded // community centered // public health focused. Producers of Dignity Displaced - a podcast largely about why people are fleeing to the US.
Join us & @solidarityeng on Thursday 3/16 at 6pm (ET) for the launch of #here4HER & a panel discussion on the challenges faced by migrant women & girls, who lack access to adequate reproductive health care.
RSVP @ https://t.co/nP6aEu0xlI
Hygiene supplies on their way to asylum-seekers in Reynosa, Mexico.
Thanks to @SolidarityEng — a women-led nonprofit of engineers — thousands of people will have access to clean water and hygiene essentials, such as soap, pads, toilet paper, toothbrushes & more. All-One!
We’re ready to break ground on the playground at Senda 2!
Play is a human right recognized by the UN & is essential for children's health. The need for a playground speaks for itself in these images.
A huge thank you to @gdirc_ for helping us to finalise the playground plans.
With just a Wi-Fi-capable device, users can access educational content, including videos, interactive games, experiments, books, tests & more.
This project will connect #refugees in remote & low-resource settings to teachers & higher education.
See the prototyping in action!
Displacement causes a massive disruption to kids' access to #education.
To address this, over the past year, our engineers have been working on developing the “SolidarityPi” - a remote learning device that uses #RaspberryPi technology to bring education to refugee camps.
Our team is currently recruiting a range of virtual & in-person #volunteers!
Whether you choose to get involved by becoming a digital advocate or are a qualified engineer able to help us support refugees on the border, we want to hear from you.
🫶 https://t.co/wi236OrYzw
Romulo is an #artist from El Salvador who painted beautiful murals on a #shelter in #Reynosa Projects like this are integral to #refugee wellbeing We are excited to announce that he is working on another project! Stay tuned
@romulod142 #usmexicoborder
heat wave�� + water shortage🚱 = public health crisis🚨
This sign shows the limited hours that showers are open at Senda de Vida, a shelter housing around 2,000 asylum-seekers.
Water is a large part of our services and, especially in these conditions, water is life.
Pastor Hector has improved the lives of so many people. He is vital to the border response, and we are so grateful to work with him (and many others) at the border.
You can watch the full @Newsy documentary here: https://t.co/Fo3pvbhvwx
#refugees#asylumseekers#USMexicoBorder
Pastor Hector opened his church doors to asylum seekers in 1999. In 2021 migration to Reynosa skyrocketed & he expanded the capacity of his shelter from 200 to 1700
This @Newsy clip was shot in May, yet so much has already changed, reflecting the unpredictable nature of our work
We were lucky enough to partner with @VillanovaU's learning program through which we had alumni Siobhan join our field team!
Siobhan was an incredible addition & we can’t thank her enough.
She recently shared her experiences in a StoryMap, check it out: https://t.co/dBDH115iB5
As the refugee shelters in Reynosa are at full capacity, a new camp has been forming
There are 300~ asylum seekers living here, a number that is only growing
Solidarity provides emergency aid to these camps. If you can, please donate to our efforts
#Reynosa#asylum#HumanRights
Art inspires creativity & connection; it positively impacts our health & well-being, & is important for a happy life.
So, we asked an artist from El Salvador to paint the walls of the new refugee shelter in Reynosa, Mexico.
Here's how it went:
#reynosa#mexico#usmexicoborder