In Money Makes Money, local entrepreneurs set out to convince the world to invest in them by “faking it”, taking a light-hearted dig at bling-bling culture and the notion that entrepreneurs only exist in global finance hubs. Nabwana’s new parody rap video, for a crowdfunding appeal by a community in Bulambuli, eastern Uganda, hit hard by the consequences of Covid-19 lockdown, is a unique fundraiser. In 10 years we will have a proper industry and a stable audience.” “This film industry in Uganda is so young, we are self-taught, so we need to promote it with young people, teach them the skills, and also engage them to be the audience of the future. This film industry in Uganda is so young, we are self-taught, so we need to promote it with young people Isaac Nabwana, director “DVDs are gone, film festivals are all online now, it helps us grow internationally and helps combat piracy problem, which was so bad with DVDs. In a poor country without state support for the arts, and where films that manage to get made suffer cripplingly from piracy, the move online for Nabwana’s film company, Wakaliwood, in lockdown is an acceleration of where films are going anyway, he says. Photograph: Jonay Pérez Matos/Communities for Development The goal, Ford noted, is to ferry Afghan citizens that have been targeted by the Taliban out of the country.Have cardboard, will travel. Though the deadly suicide bombing at the airport on Thursday complicated their efforts, Ford says those they are helping must have passports, a relative his group can communicate with and someone vouching for them who has passed a background check. government has to be “comfortable with our organization saying these people are OK, and that they have actually done things to help their country, to help our country.” Raven Advisory CEO Sheffield Ford told the AP that in order to transport the people into the airport, the U.S. Without Operation Flyaway’s quick funding, that flight wouldn’t have gotten off the ground.” “Their last-minute funding, along with the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation, Schmidt Futures and other donors, was critical. “They were one of many miracles we experienced in this time,” Shadian said. Sayara’s Shadian said he had met “Operation Flyaway” members on Zoom only earlier in the week and in the chaos of the Kabul evacuations was thrilled they agreed to fund the flight. military, said “an all-volunteer team consisting of former Special Forces soldiers and other veterans with expertise in Afghanistan” were working with the military to coordinate their rescue efforts. The company, which says it performs subcontract work for the U.S. Representatives from that North Carolina-based company, Raven Advisory, said they were able to pay for the mission using money raised through Marcus’ GoFundMe campaign. The flight from Kabul to Entebbe, Uganda, was organized by Sayara, which advised a company working with Marcus that it knew of a plane available for “Operation Flyaway.” The chartered flight that left Kabul early Wednesday morning is one of several private rescue efforts being organized by various groups, separately and through collaborations, to help Afghans flee. Ugandan officials said the nation would shelter up to 2,000 people who are expected to be relocated elsewhere after a temporary stay in the country. government, Uganda received the evacuees, who will stay at hotels in a city outside the country’s capital, Kampala. We are grateful we got out as many people as we did against the greatest odds we’ve ever faced.”Īt the request of the U.S. Simply put, the institutions failed, and it breaks my heart how much more we could have accomplished. “I’m so proud of our extraordinary team and what we were able to accomplish in such a short time,” said Sayara CEO Scott Shadian. Officials from several nonprofit groups describe a chaotic and perilous scene at the Kabul airport as they rushed to fill private chartered flights with people who have the necessary paperwork in the limited time that they can keep their planes on the tarmac. “However, we are unable to verify the authenticity or effectiveness of these efforts,” the statement said. A spokesperson for the State Department wrote in an emailed statement that the department appreciates “community-led efforts to support the Afghan relocation and resettlement process, which reflects the generosity of the American people and the international community.” Marcus’ group said more than 350 people have been rescued, with nearly 300 leaving Kabul on other chartered flights that “Operation Flyaway” reimbursed for providing safe passage from the country.
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