Wecome to Refugee TV - RTV is the first television station in the U.K. which is owned and run by members of refugee communities and serves the interests of refugee communities. It is a satellite (Sky) channel which will broadcast from studios in Hammersmith and West London.
Refugee TV - News
RTV conference - 14 May 2007 - Jubilee Room, House of Commons
Founder of Refugee TV Mr Mayvand organised a conference at the House of Commons with the assistance of Neil Gerrard MP, the conference was attended by many Refugee related organisations. The conference gave an opportunity for Refugee organisation to find out how they can be involved in the Refugee TV project. Click here to view minutes of RTV conference
Refugee TV launch event
Many thanks to all the participants who attended the Refugee TV launch event during Refugee Week. The event was held with the support of the Mayor of Hammersmith and Fulham, at the Council Chambers in Hammersmith. It was attended by representatives from refugee community organisations, arts organisations, individual artists, refugee agencies, educational establishments and politicians. Jeannette Arnold from the Greater London Authority (GLA) gave a keynote speech, followed by speakers from the Refugee Council, Kurdish TV, Glamorgan University, Genna Ethiopian Arts and Theatre, Read more....
Afghan refugees are looking forward to a brighter future With 646,000 refugees having returned home last year, Afghanistan is top of the league for returnees, according to a new UN report.For a country still struggling to establish security after nearly a quarter-century of war, this offers a ray of hope.Those flocking back are not just officially registered refugees.Alongside them are people who have lived all or most of their lives outside the country and just find the new Afghanistan a more congenial society than it was. Mohammed Nader Farhad, a spokesman here for the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, says that, when internally displaced people, Read more....
Chad-Darfur Emergency
The UN refugee agency is battling the elements, massive logistics obstacles and daunting security challenges to help hundreds of thousands of people uprooted by the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. The agency is racing to assist more than 170,000 Sudanese refugees in Chad and move them to camps away from the volatile Chad-Sudan border before heavy seasonal rains cut off access to this remote region. Across the border in strife-torn Darfur itself, UNHCR has started working to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of displaced Sudanese in camps. Read more....
Imagine.art.after show calling for artists.
We are looking for artists to be part of a project exploring the artistic relations between people seeking asylum in the UK, and people in the countries they have left behind. imagine.art.after is an exhibition about the proximity of art and life against
the backdrop of contemporary world politics. All participating artists are from
one of 35 countries whose people, according to the Home Office, make the most
applications for asylum in the UK. The exhibition will take part in two stages
during 2005. Read more....
UN refugee agency concert in London's Roy al Albert Hall On December 8, the UN refugee agency will hold a unique concert in London's Roy al Albert Hall to raise funds for victims of western Sudan's Darfur conflict. International musicians and singers in the diverse line-up include singer-songwriter David Gray, Mercury Music Prize winners Franz Ferdinand – one of Britain's hottest bands – lead singer of the Pretenders Chrissie Hynde, soprano Barbara Hendricks, disco-diva Jocelyn Brown, Grammy Award nominee Alison Moyet, Simply Red front man Mick Hucknall, singers Robbie Craig and Andrew Coleman. Read more....
Refugee TV -Service Providers
Association of Cultural Advancement Through Visual Arts is an integrated London-based visual arts facility which provides studios and other services for professional artists, organises exhibitions and public art commissions and runs educational and community arts projects. ACAVA operates from eight buildings in different parts of the city, providing opportunities for people of all ages to access workshop and studio facilities, explore a range of materials and processes, use darkrooms, kilns, forges and computers, and exhibit their work. view website
Artsadmin offers a bursary scheme for individual disabled artists who live in Greater London and wish to work with digital media. Read more about Artsadmin on this website or visit the Artsadmin website. view website
BBC 21CC is a digital learning centre in central London, dedicated to exploring creative and cutting-edge uses of technology in teaching and learning. The centre welcomes over 5,000 pupils, teachers, young people and families to participate in its free of charge workshop programme each year.view website
Equity is the only Trade Union to represent artists from across the entire spectrum of arts and entertainment. Formed in 1930 by a group of West End performers, Equity quickly spread to encompass the whole range of professional entertainment and its membership includes actors, singers, dancers, choreographers, stage managers, theatre directors and designers, variety and circus artists, television and radio presenters, walk-on and supporting artists, stunt performers and directors and theatre fight directors.
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Theatre Venture, Stratford runs a ‘Fast Forward to Media’ film course and offers video and sound production equipment. view website
OneWorld UK aims to provide the UK's best online coverage of human rights and sustainable development. view website
Increasingly large numbers of Somali refugees and other desperate people are trying to make their way across the Gulf of Aden to the shores of Yemen to find refuge from war and poverty. This desperate journey has cost hundreds their lives as they seek a better life. UNHCR assists those who survive and tries to discourage others from making the perilous journey. Note that this video contains graphic images.
On April 4th, Angola will celebrate five years of peace. The decades-long war is over, but establishing peace has not been easy. UNHCR has been instrumental in bringing Angolans back home, helping them re-start their lives and renew ties with their communities.
Displaced in Uganda: replacing despair with hope play video
In northern Uganda, a tentative peace has given people enough hope to move out of massive camps for the displaced. For more than a decade, the Lord's Resistance Army attacked targets in the north and abducted children to help fight its battles. The violence has scarred everyone in the region, but it has been especially hard for the abductees to go back home.
