In the wee hours of the morning a stretch of eateries opens to cater to the Ramadan faithful in Asalfa and Sai Naka along the Metro line, which is a glimpse into commonalities of faith which stitch communities the Ummah over. Modernity is stopped in the tracks for a month when faith and family take over, temporalities and spatial configurations jostle for space within the mainstream imagination.

Very rarely one gets the opportunity to represent migrant workers and refugee communities in a room of twelve nonprofits from Cameroon to Argentina to Malaysia to discuss Equity in Evaluation Landscape towards a landmark report by Praxis and Global Change Center commissioned by the Ford Foundation. We were in Johannesburg a few months ago. Looking forward to the public report next month.

Thank you very much Adrian Pereira Sir Ann Beatrice Madam and the North South Initiative Team for the opportunity to bring muted voices to the funder community.

In Solidarity!

PS: I am a third-generation migrant who is perennially on the move from the Gulf to SE Asia unlike academics who theorize migration on the pathos of helpless workers and refugees.