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Dr Edwina Thompson

@Ween3003

founder of Amanacard, dedicated to serving people in world’s toughest unbanked crisis zones

 Somerset House, London
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Joined February 2015
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#amanacard #ForSama #Oscars2020
The Times and Sunday Times (@thetimes) profile pictureThe Times and Sunday Times
@thetimes8 Feb 2020
How to get money to people in war zones where banks don’t operate Tomorrow at the Academy Awards, For Sama is tipped to win another best documentary award. Its star is a Syrian doctor still saving lives – thanks to one woman, Edwina Thompson thetimes.co.uk/edition/magaz…
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Saad Mohseni
@saadmohseni10 Aug 2021
Must watch interview with Mahbooba Seraj the founder of the Afghan Women’s Network
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World Vision UK@WorldVisionUK10 Feb 2020
Brilliant interview with @Ween3003 - our former colleague now working with #ForSama star @Hamza_Alkateab to ensure people trapped in war zones have access to the money they need to survive. #Oscars2020 thetimes.co.uk/article/how-a…

How Amanacard and the star of Oscar-tipped For Sama get money to people in war zones

Edwina Thompson is describing how, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, in 2005, she found herself – a petite, blonde Englishwoman aged 26 – in a locked basement while a crowd of angry men who’d shot through...

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'It keeps open the lifeline for areas in crisis with no access to banks,' says Dr. @Hamza_Alkateab. His struggle to save lives in #Syria is documented in #ForSama. He's now with #Amanacard, an #EU-supported platform for safe money transactions @eu_echo 👉bit.ly/2HaguBN
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#safe, #dignified and #direct money flows to people cut off from international banking system linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
How Amanacard and the star of Oscar-tipped For Sama get money to people in war zones | Dr Edwina...

How Amanacard and the star of Oscar-tipped For Sama get money to people in war zones | Dr Edwina...

Thank you @JuLlewellyn @The Times for featuring the @Amanacard cause and telling our stories in a way that explains why we do what we do! We are moved by the incredible response we have already...

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The Female Lead@the_female_lead25 Feb 2019
We will be at @RBCwealth tomorrow to discuss how women across the globe are changing the face of wealth, giving and legacy. Along with @Edwina_Dunn @VanessaSanyauke and @Ween3003 ♀👏 Read more in their latest report read.rbcwm.com/2V6nbKb
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Continuing an extraordinary Term 1 canvassing the voices of inspiring women, we welcomed Old Girl, Dr Edwina Thompson (’96) who shared her career journey with students from #GlobalPolitics #Legalstudies #HealthHumanDevelopment #humanrights @Ween3003 @MichelleCarrol7 @AnnaCurnow1
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Anna Powles
@AnnaPowles17 Jun 2019
Replying to @DLT_Vanuatu @CainTess @OxfamAustralia
There are other proven ways of doing immediate successful non-cash transfers such as Huozhi which is operating in Syria. @JLSousaSantos @Ween3003
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Everyone should find a way to watch this. It is transformative in so many ways #ForSama
Scott Thompson (@thomsc) profile pictureScott Thompson@thomsc26 Oct 2019
Watch tonight - @channel4 9pm: FOR SAMA @forsamafilm 'An intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter in #Syria.' youtu.be/vsvBqtg2RM0 #ForSama @waadalkateab @Hamza_Alkateab @Ween3003 @Channel4News #Aleppo
FOR SAMA (2019) | Official Trailer | PBS Distribution

FOR SAMA (2019) | Official Trailer | PBS Distribution

FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female exper...

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“I wish I could say I'm proud to be here but I am not. I'm ashamed as a UN supporter.. lawyer.. woman.. human being" teapawt.net/NadiaMuradBasee/status…
Nadia Murad (@NadiaMuradBasee) profile pictureNadia Murad
@NadiaMuradBasee18 Sep 2016
#AmalClooney sat at the @UN for the first time on Friday. independent.co.uk/news/peopl…
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Syria devastated. Picture speaks a #ThousandWords goosereport.com/trending/syr…. Still 13.5m people in urgent need of assistance inside Syria
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If anyone deserves a visa... Must watch to the end youtu.be/QplQL5eAxlY
Translators: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Translators: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Translators who have aided the U.S. Military in Afghanistan and Ira...

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“See why this phone is so dear? It has everything. All my family, all my world is here” facebook.com/Channel4News/vi…
2.4K views · 6.9K reactions | This is why refugees have smartphones....

2.4K views · 6.9K reactions | This is why refugees have smartphones....

This is why refugees have smartphones. Hala's mobile phone contains her entire world. Having left war-torn Aleppo for a new life in Germany, it's her only connection to her past.

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Alipay already accounts for one-third of the $2.5 trillion global online payments market. teapawt.net/nytimesbooks/status/72…
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@nytimesbooks16 Apr 2016
If you haven't heard of Alibaba, rest assured that you will. An engaging new bio tells the story of its founder. nyti.ms/1NdxKpk
‘Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built,’ by Duncan Clark (Published 2016)

‘Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built,’ by Duncan Clark (Published 2016)

An account of the growth of Alibaba, the huge digital marketplace.

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Eastside:Essex:Herat mash-up? Now that would be fierce!!! @iamwill @LydiaLucy @SonitaAlizadeh teapawt.net/sundancefest/status/72…
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@sundancefest15 Apr 2016
.@SonitaAlizadeh, Afghan rapper/activist/subject of World Doc winner, SONITA, performs at #SkollWF. #StoriesOfChange amp.twimg.com/v/ed9e317d-b3a…
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Channel 4 News
@Channel4News11 Apr 2016
This is what Syria’s ceasefire looks like: injured children are pulled from the wreckage of a barrel bomb blast. amp.twimg.com/v/b0fb5721-c9b…
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As # of bank branches in UK more than halves in one generation, first branchless bank arrives. Whither true KYC?! teapawt.net/petebidewell/status/72…
Peter Bidewell (@petebidewell) profile picturePeter Bidewell@petebidewell13 Apr 2016
A #fintech #startup valued at £150 million without a single customer? Exciting times ahead for @atom_bank ... ow.ly/10CMHY
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Captured Nigerian girls opting to wear suicide vests as a way to escape terrorists @Jem_Kelly teapawt.net/KooyJan/status/7198993…
Jan Kooy (@KooyJan) profile pictureJan Kooy@KooyJan12 Apr 2016
#BokoHaram using more children as suicide bombers. @AJENews on reports @UN @hrw @MausiSegun aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/b…
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Sexual violence and fear of it major driver of refugee crisis. Privilege to hear Yazidi survivor @NadiaMuradBasee teapawt.net/HouseofLordsNws/status…
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