Stories

The latest on Migrants as Messengers, including press releases, stories, news coverage, and reports.

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Magnum Photos and returnees join forces to tell stories from West Africa

MaM volunteers Performing at Institut Français in Dakar on 6 July 2022 during the Senegal-Haiti Creative Residency Event. Photo: IOM 2022/Amanda Nero
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When Art Imitates Life: Stimulating Debate on Migration

Engagement communautaire Boniface 2 Photo OIM Cote d'Ivoire
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"Le Chef du village"

At the Festival des Musiques Urbaines d’AnoumaboIt in Côte d’Ivoire, Boniface was invited to take to the stage to share his migration story along with other MaM Volunteers. Photo: IOM 2022/ Mohamed Aly Diabaté
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“Believing in a bright future has become my credo”: Five Years of Migrants as Messengers in West Africa

Modibo Krumah 1 : Photo IOM 2022
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"This project changed my life.”

Ndeye Fatou Diedhiou : Photo 1
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MaM, c’est ma vie personnelle

Aminata Sesay 1 : Photo IOM 2022
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My Transformation

Rita Abu 1 : Photo IOM 2022
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Sharing my migration story helped me move on with my life

Smart Hakawa 1 : Photo IOM 2022
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Dreams don't have a life span

Ibrahim DIAKITÉ 1 : Photo IOM 2022
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La vidéo, un tremplin vers une réintégration sociale réussie

Jeminatu Sheriff : Photo IOM 2022
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I fell while still standing

Abraham Sackor 1 : Photo IOM 2022
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Volunteering is priceless in benefits

Ami Jobe 1 : Photo IOM 2022
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“The Migrants as Messengers project has given me more courage and has taught me to be more determined to reach my goals.”

Yaya Diallo : Photo 1
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De migrant à messager

Tian Lou Emma Flora 1 : Photo IOM 2022
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“Mon rêve aujourd'hui est de devenir blogueuse”

Chylian Azuh : Photo 1
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Migrant as Messengers helped Chylian start over. Now she heads her own returnee association.

Abdul Kahrim 1 : Photo IOM 2022
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My dreams in my pocket

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Volunteer Voices

My Trafficking Journey

Binta Touray, who works for the Migration Information Centre (MIC) in the West Coast Region, believes youth should resist the concept of irregular migration as a way to achieve economic stability. © IOM/Robert Kovacs
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Migration Information Centres: Helping Young Gambians Make Informed Migration Decisions

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Rise and rebuild: Gambian shipwreck survivors pave the way for community development

Ebrima Sambou
Volunteer Voices

What Matters Most is Family

Momodou Bah
Volunteer Voices

Environmental Migration and Sustainability: Returnees Advocate for Positive Change

Mamina
Volunteer Voices

The story of Mamina

Muhammed Sankareh The Gambia Impact Evaluation migrants as messengers
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The story of Muhammed Sankareh

IWD movie senegal promised land mam
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Behind the scenes of a 'Promised Land'

migrants as messengers speaking through art nigeria
Volunteer Voices

From Being Sold Six Times to Different Borgers to Becoming an Artist

filmfestival west africa
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Female black filmmakers are claiming their seat at the table

MaM volunteer sierra leone
News Coverage

Student becomes the master: MaM Volunteers are training IOM staff in Sierra Leone

Fatmata Sierra Leone Migrants as Messengers Migrant
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Fatmata: Climbing the hills of her own future in Sierra Leone

A woman's point of view on migration may be more disarming than one might think
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All is Not lost: A story of reintegration