Gisella Lomax  

@GisellaLomax

Head of at , via . Optimist. Feminist. Mancunian 🐝 + European. Ex Journalist. Mum to two girls.🤳🏻👩🏻‍💻

Kakuma, Kenya
Joined January 2011

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jun 19

    68,500,000 people. 68,500,000 stories. 68,500,000 dreams. 68,500,000 journeys. 68,500,000 lives uprooted. 68,500,000 longing for home. 68,500,000 heads full of memories. 68,500,000 PEOPLE were displaced at the end of 2017.

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  2. 13 hours ago

    I am very proud to see my home town Manchester (Greater and all😉) on this refugee-supporting list. So much hope lies in the cities!

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  3. Jun 21

    “Educating a girl creates equal and stable societies. And educating refugees will be the hope of rebuilding their countries" Meet Mary Maker, and 4 other remarkable refugee speakers.

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  4. Jun 21

    “Educating a girl creates equal and stable societies. And educating refugees will be the hope of rebuilding their countries" Meet Mary Maker, and 4 other remarkable refugee speakers.

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  5. Jun 21

    According to survivors, a wooden boat carrying an unknown number of refugees and migrants capsized off the coast of Libya on 19 June. A number of bodies have been retrieved by rescuers or washed up on the beaches. Tragic, heartbreaking, avoidable.

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  6. Jun 21

    And we have remarkable stories to share on ... Thank you ☺️! Cc'ing our social superstars , and .

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  7. Jun 21

    A refugee child evacuated from Libya to Niger made this drawing. He could have been among the 220 people who drowned in the Mediterranean today. Let’s give more children safe pathways out of despair.

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  8. Jun 20

    Superman stands up for what’s right. Did you also know he’s a refugee? This , be like Superman and stand up for what’s right. and .

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  9. Jun 20

    Dear young people, help us adults whose hearts are often hardened. Help us to choose the path of dialogue and harmony.

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  10. Jun 20

    If you thought you'd never see refugee stories and hard news on ... ...think again. They stepped up their news efforts and joined the chorus for . 👻

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  11. Jun 20

    I met Amina in Lesvos in 2016. She was standing despite losing everything—not once, but twice— when she left Syria, and again when the boat capsized with her husband in it. I can't stress enough the urgency, reach out, learn more, speak up

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  12. Jun 20

    👨🏾‍⚕️ 👩🏽‍🍳 👷🏾‍♀️ 👨🏽‍🔬 👮🏽‍♂️ 👩🏾‍🚒 👩🏾‍🏫 👨🏽‍🏭 👩🏽‍🔧 👨🏾‍⚖️ 👩🏽‍💼 👨🏿‍🚒 👩🏾‍✈️ 👩🏼‍🌾 👩🏾‍⚖️ 👨🏾‍🍳 👨🏽‍🎤 🧕🏽 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👩🏾‍🚀 👩🏿‍🏭 👩🏾‍🎤 👨🏿‍💼 👩🏾‍🔬 👨🏽‍🎨 Can you spot the refugee? They are just like you and me

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  13. Jun 20

    For world refugee day o wrote something about common sense, and common decency. Please read and share. .

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  14. Jun 20

    "Refugees are people escaping from violence, they don’t bring violence." and on countering narratives of xenophobia with those of solidarity, respect and generosity.

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  15. Jun 20

    ⬇️Spot the refugee ⬇️ 🧑🏾👶🏻👧🏿👩🏼🧓🏾👧🏻🧒🏽👨🏻👨🏾🧓🏽👴🏻👶🏿🧔🏿👨🏽 👩🏻🧑🏻👶🏽👵🏽👦🏼🧔🏻👩🏿👱🏼‍♀️👵🏼👶🏽🧒🏽👦🏾🧔🏼👴🏼 👧🏽👩🏾👵🏻👶🏾👱🏼‍♂️👦🏽👩🏻🧒🏾🧔🏽👱🏾‍♀️👨🏿🧒🏻🧓🏻🧑🏽 You see? They're just like you and me.

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  16. Jun 20

    I've been so excited about this! UNHCR, Ben Stiller and Ahmed Badr teamed up with to cook chicken shawarma. ...Oh yes, and show how one thing we ALL have in common - FOOD - can inspire empathy + understanding for refugees.

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  17. Jun 20

    Thank you for featuring our amazing refugee vloggers. I'm honoured to play a part in ensuring their voices - and stories - are front and centre this . Watch and share!

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  18. Jun 20

    UN Filippo Grandi traveled overnight from Libya to Niger, accompanying 122 refugees freed from detention centres in Tripoli. They touched down in the early hours of - a day of hope.

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  19. Jun 20

    A person's dignity does not depend on them being a citizen, a migrant, or a refugee. Saving the life of someone fleeing war and poverty is an act of humanity.

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  20. Jun 20

    A Letter From Mosul. Angelina Jolie, UNHCR Special Envoy, wrote a heartbreaking account of the devastation she witnessed in the war-torn Iraqi city.

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  21. Jun 20

    "Let's do what we can to stop playing politics with refugees, and help make their lives easier" Our Goodwill Ambassador writes on .

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