{"id":2894,"date":"2022-07-13T14:38:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finbit.co\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2022-07-13T14:38:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:38:17","slug":"the-life-of-a-refugee-before-and-during-the-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finbit.co\/am\/2022\/07\/13\/the-life-of-a-refugee-before-and-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life of a Refugee Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ngendakumana John Baptist is a refugee from Burundi and now lives with his family in the Nakivale refugee camp in Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig 1: Ngendakumana John Baptist with researcher Kamikazi Nelly<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He started several businesses but did not see results fast enough. Through L-IFT\u2019s diaries research, he can now track that his business is slowly growing, which gives him confidence and helps him persevere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our researcher Kamikazi Nelly has been visiting him every other week since August 2019. He tells her all the transactions he wrote in his book and she enters them into the diaries app.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fig 2: Ngendakumana John Baptist examining his incomes and expenses<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Nelly\u2019s interviews have changed my life. Before, I thought being a refugee meant waiting for support, to eat and sleep until you died. But today, I have hope. I have learnt that, in life, you should plan and make sure you don\u2019t overspend. <\/em><\/p>

I used to mix up expenses and incomes and I didn\u2019t know if I was making a profit or a loss. Since I met Nelly and she gave me the book to record my earnings, I see how my business is growing. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Watch this video to learn more about Ngendakumana John Baptist, his hardships, experiences and hopes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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