# Refugees want empowerment, not handouts

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2017
- Speaker: Robert Hakiza
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_hakiza_refugees_want_empowerment_not_handouts)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The prevailing image of where refugees live is of temporary camps in isolated areas -- but in reality, nearly 60 percent of them worldwide end up in urban areas. TED Fellow Robert Hakiza takes us inside the lives of urban refugees -- and shows us how organizations like the one that he started can provide them with the skills they need to ultimately become self-sufficient.

## Lectures

1. [Refugees want empowerment, not handouts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/robert_hakiza_refugees_want_empowerment_not_handouts/ef877d1aa612), 7 min (TED's player)