Meet our Members: Lauraine
Lauraine is 28 years old and is from Bangantë, in Cameroon where she was at risk from the permanent conflict. She arrived in Cyprus almost a year a...
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Meet our Members: Constance
Constance is 27 years old from Cameroon where life was too dangerous so she had to make the journey to Cyprus. She applied for asylum in May 2019. ...
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Meet our Members: Madjoulen
Majdoulen is 27 years old from Bania, Syria and has two children. When the war started she had to flee Syria and move to Lebanon, where she lived f...
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Meet our members: Julie
Julie is 36 and from Lubumbashi, the second largest city in the the Democratic Republic of Congo, but which she had to flee because of the persecut...
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The Design of "The Bernadette Bag"
The design process is entirely collaborative with members sharing their ideas and skills which fosters an environment of learning and community in ...
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Meet our Members: Thierno Ba
Thierno Ba's soul is in every item we design and make at RefuMade. Without him, itwon’t be impossible to carry this project forward. But aprons ar...
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Meet our Members: Parween
Meet Member Parween, the wonderful Kurdish mother behind our Parween Tote Bag
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Meet our Volunteers: Maya
Maya has been a very important part of our team in Nicosia and was always happy to help wherever she was needed but her real home was in the Sewing...
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Meet our Members: Sara
For Sara “this is more than just a cushion”, instead she says it is “all because of my mum who taught me how to work with hooks and wool” from a ve...
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Meet our Members: Raymond
We have many talented people at The Dignity Centre, Nicosia. Raymond is a talented artist who has now started doing some beautiful paintings on can...
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Meet our Members: Fenk
Fenk is a Kurdish refugee from Iraq who has been living in Cyprus for 1 year and 2 months. She taught herself how to embroider using YouTube videos!
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