Green Gown Awards 2019 - London College of Fashion, UAL - Highly Commended

The creation of a dress led Helen Storey to Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan, a home to 80,000 people who have fled the war in Syria since 2012.  

In 2016, Helen visited the camp to listen and understand the nature and challenges of life there. Three years later and as the first appointed UNHCR Artist in Residence, Helen has co created multiple practical responses to the consequences of displacement and together with the NGO’s and citizens of this city in the making, is helping enable economic independence for women and developing a new language of the spirit. 

Top 3 learnings:

• Be very ambitious about our world’s future. 
• Extreme collaboration across the HE sector, Industry and NGO’s is needed to make the changes the world needs. 
• A new language of the spirit is coming – we just need to keep each other company – Inshallah!