From Bangladesh to Uganda, connecting refugee and slum-dwelling children across the world

26/8/2020

Our digital programme in Bangladesh has helped transform the way Rohingya children learn in the Kutupalong refugee camp and the slums in Cox’s Bazar. Digital education content is projected in each classroom, tackling language barriers and helping to bring learning alive.

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The digital programme has had such an impact in the classrooms that it has been shortlisted as one of the finalists for the education award at the AbilityNet Tech4Good awards. These awards celebrate projects where technology is helping make the world a better place.

As well as ensuring opportunities for meaningful education, the pioneering programme is also helping to give the children a voice, far beyond the confines of the camps. Using our online platform, Moja Kids, the children are able to record their own news content and share it with others.

Moja kids started by connecting students at the learning centres in the Kutupalong camp with students from the learning centres in the slum communities of Cox’s Bazar. Now we have an exciting opportunity to expand this platform even further.

We are planning to connect refugee children in Bangladesh with the three Child Rights Clubs we support in Uganda. This will be the next step in creating a global online community where children can share, and celebrate their experiences, similarities and differences.

“The goal of the platform is simply to be an open space where these kids can come together, through the internet, and just share whatever they want to share, there’s no agenda.”

John Littleton Asia Regional Manager

The Child Rights Club in Loco

Green screen recording for Moja Kids in Cox's Bazar.

Our Child Rights Clubs enable children to learn about their rights, express their views and shape their communities. Being able to interact with children in the wider world to share their opinions, talent and ideas would be an exciting and encouraging step for these children, who are already leaders among their peers.

We are crowdfunding to expand the project and provide the basic digital equipment needed for the Child Rights Clubs in Uganda to join Moja Kids.

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