Understanding the Refugee Experience and Creating Opportunity with Missy Williams | Seed Effect

Missy Williams co-founded Seed Effect with her husband after a mission trip to South Sudan where they witnessed the need for displaced families to be supported in creating opportunity as they rebuild their lives. Since then, they have built a thriving organization with human dignity and the value of work at the heart of what they do.

 

In this episode, you’ll gain a better understanding of the refugee experience. You’ll begin to understand what she’s witnessed in working with people in South Sudan and Uganda, as well as how specific finance solutions are helping refugees rebuild their lives through creating opportunity.

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Understanding the refugee experience and the unstable political landscape of South Sudan
• Reframing what it means to be a refugee
• Understanding the surprising reality of where most refugees end-up when they leave their home country
• Understanding the difference between micro-finance institutions and savings groups
• The power of micro finances and savings groups, and why they are necessary

 

This is a story that helps us better understand the topic of refugee migration internationally, and the successful tools available to help them in creating opportunity in their new home countries. The reality of where most refugees end-up when they leave their home country may surprise you!

 

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