Jennifer Okaima Piette
1 min readNov 15, 2016

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3 insights for refugee work on the Turkey-Syria border

Ali and Guler

…in a conversation with Ali Ercan Ozgur and Guler Altinsoy, the co-founders of the International Development Management [IDEMA]

With about 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, there is a huge opportunity for:
1. Social development investment — integration programs to help Syrian and Turkish citizens live together in harmony
2. Long-term projects to meet the educational and entrepreneurship needs of the Syrian refugees
3. Partnerships between INGOs, local NGOs and other stakeholders “Many experts might perceive #Turkey as a dangerous place to work, which I believe is not but we have local experts on the ground [to do the job]…” Ozgur.

Full story available on devex.com

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Jennifer Okaima Piette

Communications, Media, & Advocacy Expert|nee Jennifer Ehidiamen| Innately curious| Founder: @rural_reporters| #ThereIsaGod | Alum. @columbiajourn & @NIJLagos