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Matthew Downer

@mddowner

Refugee connectivity @refugees📱 Trustee @EastEnd_CAB @childrenlaughUK Previous @britishredcross @GSMA If not work then my dog 🐕 Own views (obvz)

 Hackney, London
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Joined November 2011
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Are you at #MWC24? Join our discussion tomorrow exploring partnerships in action that are contributing to @antonioguterres' ambition for everyone in the world to be protected by an early warning system by 2027. Find out more: ow.ly/UB0650QIa5H
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It's Giving Tuesday, and for a @childrenlaughUK is able to match funding up to £1,000. Meaning every £ you give becomes £2. The money will help educators to share joyful, play-based activities in support of the emotional wellbeing of Ukrainian children lnkd.in/eYr8gvKu
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🙏Thank you to our panellists @AnnaWilsonFCDO, Eunice Mwende @AlightRwanda, @HaredAHassan @NDMA_Kenya @HovigE @UNHCRInnovation, @japhetaritho @airtelmoneyug, @kbasiye @SafaricomPLC & Roselyne Uwamahoro @UNCDF Rwanda for sharing how they address #humanitarian challenges. #M4DatMWC
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East End CAB@EastEnd_CAB30 Sep 2023
Our staff, volunteers and trustees walked 10km today for the Hackney Legal Walk to raise money for those struggling with the #CostOfLivingCrisis We have raised 75% of our target, please help us raise the remaining £300! This is a 100% donation policy!🩵👇 londonlegalsupporttrust.enth…
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MS Teams transcription once again keeping me humble
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We @EastEnd_CAB are doing the Hackney Legal Walk again raising funds for legal and advice services in Hackney, Newham, TowerHamlets. In 2022 we helped 20k ppl & secured £25m in income for households. Funds help the service meet demand in the COL crisis: londonlegalsupporttrust.enth…
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The MS Teams built-in transcription is really calling into question how I conduct research interviews.
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GSMA@GSMA20 Jun 2023
A #mobile phone can be a lifeline for #refugees, allowing them to access #humanitarian services, speak with loved ones or make financial transactions. Over time they create their own digital worlds 🌎 More info 👉 gsma.at/3XcHQ0i #WorldRefugeeDay #WithRefugees #UKAid
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Each year, the #HNPW provides an opportunity to reflect on key humanitarian issues. Check out some of IMPACT’s learnings in our new article: "5 key takeaways from the Humanitarian Networks and Partnership week"! ➡️Read here: bit.ly/3LPBKNX
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📢 Check out our new Connectivity, Needs & Usage Assessments Toolkit webpage! The Toolkit has been produced & updated to support organisations in assessing the current & potential use of #mobile #technology & connectivity in #humanitarian crises. bit.ly/3Ma4dzm #UKAid
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Are you headed to @LEP_HNPW next week? Come join the session 'Important Digital Conversations', which I will be facilitating, with colleagues from @Refugees @TalkToLoop @IMPACT_init @CDACN
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Read this latest blog by @mddowner, as he explores the trends and themes emerging from our #DigitalWorlds case study 'The Digital Worlds of Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Northern Lebanon'. 👉 bit.ly/3X2FpLT #UKAid
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At the HEA we help innovators to scale impactful innovations. We dug into a barrier facing scale: finance. Our paper on financing scale demystifies the financing landscape & provides recommendations for how to make the most of what exists & how to improve: bit.ly/3D3Bo2F
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Watch this. Clear Suella Braverman doesn’t understand her own asylum policy Since Govt failed to get replacement for Dublin Agreemnt theres no safe legal route for lone child refugee to rejoin relative in UK. She’s effectively saying they need to make dangerous journey. Shameful
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💡 As is the often the case, we found a number of key barriers preventing the digital inclusion📲 of displacement affected communities in our new #DigitalWorlds research. 📶Learn more: bit.ly/3eJrJWi #UKAid Funded by #UKAid
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📢 Our new report with @Refugees explores the 📱#DigitalWorlds of displacement-affected communities in humanitarian contexts in 🇱🇧🇸🇸🇸🇸🇵🇬. Learn more Funded by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, #UKAid [CC: @FCDOHumRsch @FCDODigital] bit.ly/3eJrJWi
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Per our #DigitalWorlds research, over 60% of respondents in northern #Lebanon were exposed to hate speech. This creates trust #barriers to accessing information via #mobileinternet in displacement-affected communities. 👉 bit.ly/3eJrJWi #UKAid
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