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Be part of a Google Hangout on World Refugee Day

20 June 2013 9am EST // Hosted by Ericsson and Refugees United

On World Refugee Day, 20 June 2013, Ericsson and Refugees United will host a Google Hangout to announce the winners of the Global Hack for Good, a one-of-a-kind event, which aims to connect refugees to missing family.

• Watch! Event to be live-streamed here: goo.gl/bBhiO  on 20 June 2013, 9am EST
• Submit questions! If you want the chance to ask questions, just head over to Google+, and post it, and be sure to include the #HackForGood hashtag

Three continents, one challenge: making family reconnection easier

During the month of June, Ericsson and Refugees United have been running a series of developer challenges in San Francisco (USA), Nairobi (Kenya) and Cairo (Egypt). In less than one moth, they have invented new technical solutions to connect families separated by war, conflict and disaster.

Join the Google Hangout! Featuring:

• Announcement of the Global Hack for Good winners (by David Mikkelsen, co-founder of Refugees United. 
• Launch of a new film supported by award-winning actor and Refugees United Goodwill Ambassador, Mads Mikkelsen.
• How “Technology for Good” is supporting the refugee cause (by Heather Johnson, Director, Communications and Engagement, Ericsson AB
 Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility)
• Questions from leading techies around the world

The number of forcibly displaced people around the world is measured now at 43 million. That is why it is urgent to reconnect families who have been separated due to conflict, war, and disaster

Learn more about the Global Hack For Good

• Read about the semi-finalists from Cairo, Egypt
• Read about the semi-finalists from San Francisco, USA
• Read about the semi-finalists from Nairobi, Kenya