Dubai, UAE: In an effort to encourage the youth in the diaspora to be actively involved in areas of engagement and expertise, Diaspora Digital News has announced a new segment addition to its online broadcasting platform.
Nadine Loza is a development strategist, opinion columnist, speechwriter and Founding Director of the Egypt Diaspora Initiative. With her gentle soul and powerful mind, she is hailed as one to watch on the international scene. We caught up with her to find out more about her impressive organization.
A strong proponent of global philanthropy, Miah Llanes believes in the transformative power of environmental sustainability to create a safer and healthy planet for us all. In 2020, Miah joined the Miss Philippines Earth’s pageant, and is now actively serving as an ambassador of environmental protection campaigns worldwide. We had an interesting chat with Miah to get to know her better, and also about her advocacy.
If there was a time where the Travel and Tourism sector has experienced challenging times, this year 2020 has been one of them. Despite the string of setbacks that has come about as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, some industry players continue to rise and find opportunity in the challenges through innovative thought processes aimed at adapting to the future of the industry’s survival.
The need to have dialogues on topics of diaspora affairs and transnationalism cannot be over emphasized, especially after witnessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic globally.
Solomon Cutler is an experienced Wealth Manager, Entrepreneur and Author who grew up in Venice, CA and moved to San Diego after joining the Marine Corps. He later relocated to Hong Kong.
In June 2020, World Remit named Dr. Imelda Deinla as part of the list of Influential Filipinos in the Diaspora in celebration of Philippine’s Independence Day. This was in recognition of migrants of Filipino origin who have made successful contributions in their respective fields to communities back home or internationally.
In a bid to promote diaspora engagement and expertise for positive impact, we are happy to have Kemo Camara; Founder of Omek share his story. His platform is dedicated to the social and professional advancement of the African diaspora community and beyond.
Diaspora-based organisations play vital roles in engagement, development as well as monitoring and evaluation in their homelands. We had a chat with Lirim Krasniqi to tell us more about his organisation, Germin where he is the Co-Executive Director.
The contribution of different diaspora to their countries and regions of origin, as well as global development cannot be overemphasized. Diasporas are instrumental in socio-economic buildout efforts; the very reason that issues of engagement and inclusion must be given the needed attention.
