DISTANCE UNKNOWN

RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF MIGRATION IN THE AMERICAS



IMPACT


Bringing together qualitative stories and quantitative data with these visualizations, enabled the Executive Director of WFP, David Beasley, to put migration on the agenda at the annual World Food Programme Executive Board in June 2022, reaching an audience of United Nations Ambassadors, member nations of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and national officials. DISTANCE UNKNOWN had such a memorable impact on Beasley, that he planned a visit to the Darien in Panama, to raise further awareness to issues of migration in Central America with his advocacy platform. The increased visibility for the topic of Central American migration, has led to further collaboration between other teams at WFP in collaboration with the Civic Data Design Lab, with focuses on West Africa Migration and Venezuelan Migrants in Ecuador.

During the opening remarks to the exhibition, David Beasley, Executive Director of WFP, explained that “when people have to migrate because they have no choice, it creates political problems on all sides,” and emphasized the importance of proposing solutions.