Clouds Over Sidra

For a real view of what a refugee camp looks like, Za’atari Syrian refugee camp in Jordan,  this video will provide insight.  

An Innovative Advocacy tool promoting Citizen Perspectives in 2015

Clouds Over Sidra is viewable in three ways different ways:

• With the Samsung Gear VR and Samsung Phone: Download Vrse.works in the Oculus Home Store once using the headset
• With iOS system or Android Phone using Google Cardboard: Download theVrse.Works App.
• With iOS system or Android Phone without Google Cardboard: Download theVrse.Works App.

Clouds over Sidra is a collaboration between the UN Millennium Campaign (UNMC),UNICEF Jordan, Samsung, Vrse.works, co-created by Chris Milk and Gabo Arora. It follows the life of a young girl living in the Za’atari Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.

Clouds Over Sidra was initially created to support the United Nations Secretary-General’s MDG Advocacy Group’s call for partnerships to build resilience in vulnerable communities. The UNMC is in the process of rolling out a strategy to ensure that the films are well placed in forums so as to influence both decision makers and the general public. Thus far it has been screened at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Sundance, SXSW, TED, the Third International Humanitarian Appeal for Syria in Kuwait, the World Education Forum and the World Education Summit.