Rudayna Abdo's guest appearances

Rudayna Abdo

American Planning Association

UnliMITed

The One Day Podcast (يوماً ما)

Edward Thomas

David Miller

Laurie Johnson

Scott Armstrong

Greg Lindsay

Bob Mitchell

Jane Jacobs

Bev Wilson

Julie Burros

Doug Farr

Dale Morris

Peter Katz

Michael Greenberg

Jarrett Walker

Sharon Sutton

OwlTail

Every human deserves an education, especially the vulnerable and uprooted refugee children who have no choice in the circumstances they are often forced to face. This week I interviewed Rudayna Abdo, an MIT graduate, who left her career in urban planning to pursue a calling in giving back to refugees through an organization she founded named Thaki. Thaki is a non-profit organization that’s on a mission to empower thousands of vulnerable children in the MENA region with the high quality education that they deserve. The model that Thaki operates in is a highly collaborative and savvy one, that involves collecting used computers donated by organizations, loading them with relevant educational content and distributing them to schools or institutions that interact with refugees.What makes this story even more special is the fact that Rudayna herself was a refugee child who was forced to flee her country, at 8 years, in a boat to Cyprus due to the civil war in Lebanon. She knows and understands, by first hand experience, the struggles that refugee children around the world go through.We also talk about what it really takes to start an NGO organization, and the importance of collaboration in a space like thisI decided to cover some of the most interesting social entrepreneurship endeavors during the holy month of Ramadan, and providing digital literacy to refugee children is one that definitely deserved the highlight! Show Notes:Thaki’s website: https://thaki.org/Rudayna Abdo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudaynaabdo/Tuyoor Al Amal website: https://www.tuyooralamal.com/

Every human deserves an education, especially the vulnerable and uprooted refugee children who have no choice in the circumstances they are often forced to face. This week I interviewed Rudayna Abdo, an MIT graduate, who left her career in urban planning to pursue a calling in giving back to refugees through an organization she founded named Thaki.  Thaki is a non-profit organization that’s on a mission to empower thousands of vulnerable children in the MENA region with the high quality education that they deserve. The model that Thaki operates in is a highly collaborative and savvy one, that involves collecting used computers donated by organizations, loading them with relevant educational content and distributing them to schools or institutions that interact with refugees. What makes this story even more special is the fact that Rudayna herself was a refugee child who was forced to flee her country, at 8 years, in a boat to Cyprus due to the civil war in Lebanon. She knows and understands, by first hand experience, the struggles that refugee children around the world go through. We also talk about what it really takes to start an NGO organization, and the importance of collaboration in a space like this I decided to cover some of the most interesting social entrepreneurship endeavors during the holy month of Ramadan, and providing digital literacy to refugee children is one that definitely deserved the highlight!  Show Notes: Thaki’s website: <a href="https://thaki.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thaki.org/</a> Rudayna Abdo’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudaynaabdo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudaynaabdo/</a> Tuyoor Al Amal website: <a href="https://www.tuyooralamal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tuyooralamal.com/</a>

S2-Ep5 Unlocking The Potential of Refugees (Digital Literacy), with Rudayna Abdo

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S1E2 - Rudayna Abdo SB'90

How did one woman change an entire profession in a few short years with such lasting effects? Listen as Max Page, co-editor of Reconsidering Jane Jacobs, discusses Jane Jacobs's lasting, global influence. Joining Page are contributors Rudayna Abdo, AICP, director of planning at Otak International's Abu Dhabi office, and Jamin Creed Rowan, assistant professor of English at Brigham Young University.

Reconsidering Jane Jacobs: A Discussion with Max Page, Rudayna Abdo, and Jamin Creed Rowan