Outline

1. The problems we are trying to solve
2. Mission and Vision for the Global Diaspora Associations of Namibia
3. Objectives for the International Diaspora of Namibia
4. What can you do to start solving your problem on this platform today?  

1. The problems we are trying to solve

Several people from Namibia are leaving their home country to go to others countries each year, seeking better opportunities, or trying to adjust to life’s challenges and solicitations. Sometimes, brain drain (migration of educated people) is seen as one of the greatest threats against the development of most countries including Namibia. Nevertheless, some developed countries are promoting policies and immigration laws that encourage foreign educated pundits or talented graduate students to leave Namibia to move abroad.

Unfortunately, many Namibians are usually disappointed by what they see after moving abroad, and others are disconnected from people and opportunities in Namibia as well as in their new host country. Because of a lack of information or right connections, those who migrate do not always produce the best of themselves or successfully integrate into their new environment. The immigrants from Namibia who succeed often don’t collaborate or network with the newly arriving immigrants or with those who are not reaching their dreams.

At the same time, Namibia would love to find and engage with the Namibians living in the diaspora, but this type of relationship is not working well. Besides money they send back to their relatives, the global Diaspora of Namibia do not contribute to the development of Namibia as wished. Those who want to engage in humanitarian, fundraising, or philanthropy activities to give back don’t know how, where, and whom to contact to reach the real needy or to solve the real problems. At the same time, the diasporas of Namibia are usually unknown by many businesses, nonprofits and other organizations with whom they can do business in their country of residence and in Namibia. This global problem impoverishes nations and deprives many organizations from reaching most of their potential market, clients, and customers.

With the increasing rise of crises, wars, and catastrophic events around the globe, migration of the people of Namibia will keep growing and its corresponding problems will get worse if appropriate actions are not taken now. To sustainably solve this problem, a global system must be built where the diaspora associations of Namibia, the people and organizations in Namibia and in the host country of the diaspora can work together to help each other mutually. That’s what we are trying to achieve here via the DiasporaEngager platform!

• Are you from Namibia or are you trying to find opportunities from Namibians living in the diaspora or living in Namibia?
• Are you trying to find and engage with the Namibians?
• Are you looking for a diaspora association of Namibia?
• Are you seeking business opportunities or something else from the diaspora network of Namibia?
• Do you have a message or something to share with the Namibian diasporas?
• Are you an authority from Namibia trying to reach out to the Namibians living in the diaspora?

If you said yes to anything above, we can help you. Please keep reading to see how.

2. Mission and Vision for the Global Diaspora Associations of Namibia

DiasporaEngager aims at being the world’s premier provider of liaisons between all diasporas, including the global diaspora of Namibia, the people and organizations living in Namibia, as well as the people and organizations in the host country of the Namibian diasporas, to detect, harvest, and transfer resources, services, and opportunities between people and their nations in a win-win framework. DiasporaEngager is the global diaspora engagement platform that aims at connecting the international diasporas of Namibia to each other and to the diaspora associations of other countries, and to opportunities with governments, nonprofits, businesses, laboratories, international institutions, schools, and research institutions in Namibia and abroad. DiasporaEngager platform assists the global diasporas of Namibia and the organizations in their networks to provide effective working, networking, and development strategies in Namibia as well as in the current country of residence of the Namibian diaspora.

DiasporaEngager aims at creating and linking all the diaspora networks of Namibia with their corresponding immigrants, and with people and organizations; then, uses this international network as a tool to:

• Mobilize resources and maximize the outcome of networking and cooperation in any area pertaining to the development of Namibia, the Namibians, and the nations and organizations involved in this effort;

• Create an international social media platform based on the potential of the global diaspora of Namibia and use that as a strong resource for education, communication, consulting, lobbying, diplomacy, advocacy, benchmarking, capacity building, entrepreneurship, fundraising, investment, business opportunities, and much more, to sustainably improve lives and the development of nations, including Namibia, based on the networks of the professionals of Namibia living abroad and at home.

In order words, we aim at being the developmental social media platform that goes beyond just friendship and networking, by creating an advanced pipeline where living in the diaspora can network and interact:

(a) among themselves according to their country of residence and/or their interest;
(b) with their fellow citizens living back home in Namibia;
(c) with the people and organizations in their host countries or current country of residence, and
(d) with people the diaspora associations of other countries in order to harness, exchange, and transfer opportunities to bridge developmental gaps between the Namibians abroad or at home, and other nations according to their needs and means in a win-win framework.

All it takes to start using this global platform of the diaspora network of Namibia is to register a free account. If you have not registered an account on DiasporaEngager yet, please click here to register today: https://diasporaengager.com/miniRegister. It is free!

3. Objectives for the International Diaspora of Namibia

As far as the diaspora association of are concerned, the goal of DiasporaEngager is to create a global online setting that will allow the people of living in the diaspora to develop themselves in order to be able to develop their country of origin and of residence. As an example,

• We build a global Namibian Diaspora Directory and a skills database of the citizens of Namibia living in the diaspora and we encourage them to list and make themselves more searchable and accessible to those from their host country and from their home country and vice versa.
• We help Namibia to better know who and where its diasporas are, in addition to knowing more about the foreigners and diaspora associations living in Namibia.
• We encourage all the global diaspora of Namibia to network among each other and to collaborate with Namibia to assist in alleviating the negative impact of brain drain.
• We restore the connection, improve communication and the working relationships among the members of the diaspora of Namibia, their country of birth (i.e. Namibia) and their current country of residence.
• We offer the Namibian diaspora network a diverse range of services to better organize themselves and help each other abroad.
• We facilitate the creation of professional networks among the diasporas of Namibia (e.g. Namibia Doctorates living in the diaspora, Namibia scientists in the diaspora, Namibia Nurses in the diaspora, etc.).
• We inform the diasporas of Namibia about existing opportunities in their host country as well as in their native countries and vice versa.
• We encourage the Namibians living abroad to invest their time and energy in the development of Namibia.
• We allow the countries that are hosting the diaspora of Namibia to better understand the potential and opportunities of the Namibian diaspora.
• We serve as a channel between the Namibian diaspora associations and their country of birth to harness as well as to transfer any opportunities and resources toward the places of need.
• We assist the Namibians to quickly explore, discover, and invest in new opportunities around the globe.
• We provide the international diasporas of Namibia with the tools to influence the decision making in Namibia while being more efficient and productive in their host countries.
• We ease the integration of new immigrants from Namibia into the new host country.
• We allow the diaspora network of Namibia to better enlighten the leaders and institutions in Namibia with new technologies and cutting edge sciences.
• We help the government of Namibia and Namibian global diaspora to create and understand their path to success in a mutual way.
• We also aim at working with and encouraging the institutions and government of Namibia to use this platform to find and engage with their diaspora wherever they are living.
• And much more. To learn about other services that we provide, please click here: https://diasporaengager.com/extPage/InterestAreas.

4. What can you do to start using this platform today?

All it takes to start using this global platform is to register a free account. If you have not registered an account on DiasporaEngager yet, please click here to register today: https://diasporaengager.com/miniRegister. It is free!

• After registering, you will go to your homepage where you will post your needs and/or offers so others can find them and help you, or you can help meet someone else’s need.
• You can search and view needs and offers posted by others that relate to your areas of interest.
• You can search for individuals or organizations interested in similar things like you.
• You can directly contact people or organizations you are interested in for networking, assistance, or any other needs or offers of your choice.
• You can get involved in activities that members of your areas of interest are doing or you can join or create forums related to your areas of interest.
• From your homepage, you can create a new group (e.g. diaspora group of Namibia living in any country or sharing a specific interest) to discuss and collaborate with others that share the same interest.
• You can also partner or collaborate with us.
• And a whole lot more.

If you are not a DiasporaEngager User yet, please click here to register today or go to: http://diasporaengager.com/miniRegister. It is totally free.

To start receiving updates and opportunities related to the global diaspora and/or to the diaspora of Namibia, please click here to subscribe to our newsletter today or go to http://diasporaengager.com/Newsletter! It is free!

To learn about other services that we provide, please click here: https://diasporaengager.com/extPage/InterestAreas.

For any questions or suggestions, please contact us at http://DiasporaEngager.com/contact.

If you belong to a diaspora association, please help us contact the leaders of that association so that they sign up themselves and your diaspora association on this global platform. It is better to partner with other diasporas globally than work alone in isolation. Please help us to spread the word about this global diaspora engagement platform.

We look forward to seeing you on www.DiasporaEngager.com and hope we can help meet your needs!

Thank you.