Elysium fields

A general reflection on the Jungle and using Kobo Toolbox by Padmini Gopal

Day 6 – Rest Day! Or Not…

Since we planned to take Sunday off, one would expect to be sleeping till noon and relaxing all day. Well, that was not the case for Zaroorat.

Day 5 – Missed food and shelters

Moving accommodation, Kobo locating missed shelters. Written by Tudor Etchells

Day 4 – Before mapping the unmappable

Calais changes, Calais is unmappable. Yet, this is what we have come here for. Written by Christoph Trost

Day 3 – Trials and Feedback

Further trials using Kobo Toolbox, and a debriefing with Sam, the coordinator of L’Auberge’s Mobile Distribution division.

Day 2 – Testing the Software in the Field

Understanding L’Auberge’s assessment survey’s, and the first round of trials using Kobo–a data collection, aggregation, and analysis tool.

Day 1 – Liaising with L’Auberge

A day working with L’Auberge to understand how Zaroorat can accommodate their needs.

Day 0 – Arrival

World Refugee Day. 10.30am departure from London; arrive in Calais at 5.30pm, after a delay. CRS clash with refugees and asylum seekers in Calais, teargas fired. Zaroorat Data Project plans review and revised.

Zaroorat Data Project, a brief overview

By liaising closely with refugees and displaced persons, the goal of the Zaroorat Data Project is to communicate their specific humanitarian needs to aid organisations and to empower change-makers with the information they need to improve aid delivery and services.

April Desk Review: Day 2

Blog post written by Jae June. Photographs taken by Salsabeel and Shyamli, unless indicated otherwise. The camp in Calais is not a refugee camp – it is a slum. It is hidden on the outskirts of the city so that it might be forgotten like a bad dream. The government of France too has refused […]