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Uniting Refugee Families Again (Advanced Program) · Spotlight English: Advanced

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Spotlight Advanced. I'm Jillian Woodward.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm Roger Bassic. Spotlight Advanced uses a special English
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  Speaker 2: method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand
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  Speaker 2: no matter where in the world they live.
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  Speaker 3: It was morning. I was out collecting water and then
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  Speaker 3: I heard the guns. I heard my family shout and
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  Speaker 3: cry for help. But the soldiers were everywhere. I saw everything.
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  Speaker 3: I ran for my life. I do not know where,
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  Speaker 3: but I got away. I found a place to hide.
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  Speaker 3: I was safe, But what about my family. Something told
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  Speaker 3: me they were still alive, so I went back for them,
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  Speaker 3: but they were gone. I had no home, no family.
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  Speaker 3: There is no one to help me.
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  Speaker 1: This is the story of a woman named a Stelle.
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  Speaker 1: After this experience, she was a refugee. She did not
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  Speaker 1: know where her family was. She did not know how
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  Speaker 1: to find them. However, in twenty twelve, she heard about Refunite,
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  Speaker 1: an NGO or non governmental organization. Refunite, which stands for
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  Speaker 1: Refugees United, is a group that believes everyone has the
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  Speaker 1: right to know where their family is. She used their
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  Speaker 1: free online program. Soon Estelle received an SMS text message
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  Speaker 1: from her sister. Her sister was living only five kilometers
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  Speaker 1: away together. They are now using the Refunite program to
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  Speaker 1: look for other family members.
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  Speaker 2: How does this program work to bring families back together?
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  Speaker 2: Today's spotlight is on the organization Refunite.
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  Speaker 1: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or UNHCR, says
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  Speaker 1: that there are more than one hundred and twenty million
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  Speaker 1: people who are forcibly displaced worldwide. These people have been
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  Speaker 1: forced to leave their homes. UNHCR classifies forty two million
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  Speaker 1: of them as refugees living outside their homeland. They have
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  Speaker 1: experienced many difficult things like war and hunger. Nearly half
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  Speaker 1: of the displaced are children below the age of eighteen
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  Speaker 1: years old. Columbia, Germany, Turkey, Iran, and Uganda host over
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  Speaker 1: one third of the world's refugees and other displaced people,
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  Speaker 1: but refugees are found in over one hundred and one
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  Speaker 1: different countries. The problem of refugee es is a very
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  Speaker 1: large one. It affects people all over the world.
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  Speaker 2: Christopher and David Michelson are brothers from Denmark. In two
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  Speaker 2: thousand and five, they met a young man named Monsieur.
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  Speaker 2: He was a refugee from Afghanistan. He had not seen
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  Speaker 2: his family for five years. He did not know where
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  Speaker 2: they were. He did not even know if they were
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  Speaker 2: alive or dead. The Michelson brothers started to help Monsur.
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  Speaker 2: They visited different refugee organizations. Some organizations, such as the
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  Speaker 2: Red Cross, try to reunite refugee families, but this process
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  Speaker 2: can be long and difficult. No one was able to
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  Speaker 2: help Monsur. Finally, without the help of other organizations, they
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  Speaker 2: found Monsur's brother in Pakistan.
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  Speaker 1: Later, David Michelson said that this experience gave him very
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  Speaker 1: strong feelings. He thought about how he would feel if
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  Speaker 1: if he lost his brother. David and Christopher Mickelson then
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  Speaker 1: decided that they wanted to help more people. They wanted
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  Speaker 1: to use technology to help refugee families, so they created
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  Speaker 1: a space on the Internet where refugees could find each other.
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  Speaker 1: They named their organization Refunite.
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  Speaker 2: It is a very simple system. A person enters information
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  Speaker 2: about herself. This is called creating a profile. Then other
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  Speaker 2: people can easily find her and she can also search
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  Speaker 2: for other people who have also made profiles. Refunite works
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  Speaker 2: through the Internet. People can use a computer to get
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  Speaker 2: to the program, but.
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  Speaker 1: The Mickelsons wanted everyone to be able to use this technology,
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  Speaker 1: so they also made it possible to use the site
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  Speaker 1: on a mobile phone. People can even enter their information
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  Speaker 1: or search through text messages in this world the way
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  Speaker 1: most people in the world can use the program. On
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  Speaker 1: the Refunite website, David Michelson explains how the program works.
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  Speaker 4: Refunite is an online global tool. People can go in
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  Speaker 4: and make a profile. They can search for lost loved ones.
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  Speaker 4: They can do it online or they can do it
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  Speaker 4: through their mobile phone. You only give out the information
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  Speaker 4: that you are comfortable with. You can put in the
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  Speaker 4: first letters of your name, your religious leader's name, or
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  Speaker 4: what tribe you are from. In most cases, as a refugee,
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  Speaker 4: you are just sitting around waiting for nothing, and here
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  Speaker 4: refugees can actually take charge of their own situation.
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  Speaker 1: Some refugees come from very dangerous situations. They must be
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  Speaker 1: careful to protect themselves. They cannot give too much personal
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  Speaker 1: information online. That is why Refunite suggests people give information
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  Speaker 1: that only family members will know. These are things such
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  Speaker 1: as where a person was born or what is the
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  Speaker 1: person's favorite food or sport. Many people have had success
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  Speaker 1: after making a profile with Refunite. One woman shares her
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  Speaker 1: story on a video.
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  Speaker 5: A priest from my country told me about Refunite. I
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  Speaker 5: made my profile, I wrote my name, I wrote what
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  Speaker 5: I did in my country, and after three days, my
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  Speaker 5: sister Denise was there. Somebody tells you your sister is here.
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  Speaker 5: I can help you to communicate, and it's free. It
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  Speaker 5: means I am not alone any more. Denise is not
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  Speaker 5: alone any more. Now I can sleep, I can sleep
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  Speaker 5: knowing Denise is like this woman.
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  Speaker 2: Many refugees are lonely. They may live in a foreign country,
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  Speaker 2: they may not know how to make their situation better.
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  Speaker 2: Christopher Michelson explains how Refunite helps people work together.
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  Speaker 6: The mission of Refunite is to help refugees to be
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  Speaker 6: active players in the process of finding family. It is
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  Speaker 6: about one thing. You cannot find your family. Let us
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  Speaker 6: try and work on that. This is what we can
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  Speaker 6: do and this is how we can help you help yourself.
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  Speaker 2: Organizations that work with refugees can also use the search tool.
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  Speaker 2: The Michelsons have formed partnerships with businesses and organizations such
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  Speaker 2: as Google, ericson, Ikea, and the Red Cross. They hope
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  Speaker 2: this will help them unite even more refugees with their
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  Speaker 2: families to visit the Refunite site. You may use this
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  Speaker 2: link www dot refunite dot org.
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  Speaker 1: The work of Refunite gives hope to people who cannot
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  Speaker 1: find their families buy a hanger. Kissembo from the Congo
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  Speaker 1: does not know where his father is. He is one
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  Speaker 1: of thousands of people waiting for news, but Refunite has
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  Speaker 1: given people an active way to wait. Kissembo told Refunite.
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  Speaker 3: By myself alone, I am hopeless to find my dad,
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  Speaker 3: but with Refugite, I have some hope.
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  Speaker 2: Do you know people in your community who have been refugees?
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  Speaker 2: How did they stay connected to their family members in
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  Speaker 2: other countries? How may you help them feel welcome and
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  Speaker 2: at home in your community. You can leave a comment
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  Speaker 1: The original writer of this program was Rina dam It
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  Speaker 1: Uniting Refugee Families Again.
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