8 Practical Ways to Help RefugeesBy Melissa Fleming via Ideas.TED.Com While this article was originally posted in 2016, these tips are still practical in 2019. The linked stories within the article providing examples of others who have followed these suggestions are particularly uplifting! Over 250,000 Rohingya refugees get identity documentsvia The UN Refugee Agency A Rohingya refugee family are interviewed by a UNHCR registration officer at Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh. © UNHCR/Will Swanson Recently Andrej Mahecic, a UNCHR spokesperson, provided an update on the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. Mahecic explains the benefits of registration and identity cards; with the gathering of further information, humanitarian organizations and the Bangladeshi government are better able to provide exact services needed. Professor rethinks living spaces for refugee camps via ScienceDailyRana Abudayyeh, a Robin Klehr Avia Professor of Interior Design in UT's College of Architecture and Design, studies the way refugees interact with their surroundings in refugee camps. Her research has allowed her to apply her architectural skills to create new designs for the temporary shelters used in refugee camps.
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The rich history of tea has contributed to the world socially, economically, and culturally for thousands of years. As such, it has also inspired many artists. One of them is visual artist, Erika Hibbert, currently based in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, Hibbert began working on a series based around tea, utilizing tea bags and other tea related items as main artistic materials.  A Cup of Tea Will Wake You Up. Materials: oils and gold leaf on teabags. 2006. "The teabag works started as a simple act of collecting the leftovers of my daily cups of rooibos tea. I was not considering making anything out of the bags at first, but as the collection grew I became more and more interested in them."  Teabag Dress. Materials: teabags, netting. 2008. "I started actively making with the bags when I began stitching bags together. I stitched in various ways – adding to the piles and still not sure of to what end I was doing it. Then I started placing small personal objects into the empty bags. The objects were all simple and important things from our life. I stitched the bags shut, enclosing the objects in bags that hid them from the present. I made the objects into secrets about our past. Later, when I had started drawing and painting again, I took the objects out of the bags and painted them before replacing them into bags once again."  Fragments (detail). Materials: watercolor and found objects. 2006.  Teabag Books (detail). 2005. In recent years, food in entertainment has become increasingly popular. There is no shortage of shows and documentaries about food, but what about Tea-V? (Puns abound.) Check out these shows, documentaries, and movies to learn more about tea and spices! The Spice TrailIn Kate Humble’s three episode docu-series, she travels throughout the world to learn more about the background of influential spices. Pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, vanilla, and saffron take the lead as Humble experiences the communities and countries which have made these irreplaceable commodities available to the world. Available on Tubi. All in This Tea
Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht’s 2007 documentary follows David Lee Hoffman of The Phoenix Collection through remote regions of China as he searches for the finest handmade teas. Available on Amazon. The Tea Explorer90th Parallel Production’s award-winning 2017 documentary follows Jeff Fuchs as he seeks out the world’s rarest and most valuable teas. More information available at The Tea Explorer on Facebook.
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