11 April 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – The Rohingya Project, a grassroots initiative that aims to uplift and empower the Rohingya diaspora worldwide, announces a research collaboration with the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies of the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. Launched in December 2017, the Rohingya Project is currently developing a targeted […]
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A New Year has just dawned. Many will look at this coming annum with a sense of expectation and optimism. Each year is seen as an advance towards goals yet to be fulfilled. A measure of how far we have progressed and what new horizons are left to conquer. Yet, as one of the Rohingya,
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The Rohingya Project is a grassroots initiative that aims to uplift and empower the Rohingya diaspora scattered all over the globe through the creation of an efficient, secure and transparent digital ecosystem that can be accessed through a Digital ID as an access key.
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The Rohingya Project was officially launch on 20th December 2017 in Kuala Lumpur and first RP press conference was held at 11am Malaysian Standard Time. Photo of the Press Conference: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Rohingyapro/photos/?tab=album&album_id=135602343782509&__tn__=-UC-R
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Rohingya Project is a grassroots initiative to uplift and empower the stateless and financially excluded Rohingya People by creating a secure and transparent Blockchain Ecosystem
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As demonstrated by the uselessness of the UNHCR card, RP stresses that the central problem is not identity per se, as being recognized as Rohingya is simply a way of giving a name to their continuous omission from society. Rather, any identity project must be instrumental in materially altering life opportunities. As Noor suggests above, one
On the first floor of an unassuming building on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, three wall clocks are set to the times of Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Arakan, the former name for Rakhine state in west Myanmar. It’s the hub of Rohingya Vision, a TV channel run by exiled Rohingya. Since 2012, the station has focused
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The lack of formal identification of the Rohingya population Research into the extent to which identification through blockchain technology improves refugee access to civil, political, and social rights.
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Imagine if tomorrow, someone took away your social security number, your passport and your driver’s license. If you had no official identity, how would you go to school or go to the doctor? What would you do to survive in your desperation? This is precisely the dilemma over three million Rohingya face worldwide. What is a Digital
Tens of thousands of Rohingya who have fled violence and persecution in Myanmar are taking refuge in Malaysia. However, they’re in a state of limbo – unable to work legally or send their kids to school. But one project aims to change that. It’s using blockchain — a secure database technology — to create digital
