What other participants said
“It will have a significant effect on how I will think about poverty…issues. There is no substitute for experience! This has given me a small taste of what so many fellow humans have to live through. Do it! You’ll learn something you won’t learn from a book or movie.”
Tony Tyler – CEO IATA
“Even for experienced aid-workers, this will make you think.”
John Sayer, Director General, Oxfam HK
“Without a doubt, it was the hardest 24 hours I have ever endured in my life. I was thrown into a scene of uncertainty, homelessness, financial and emotional hardships, that resemble the conditions in which millions currently live in around the world. The experience humbled and triggered me to take action into my own hands.”
Fashion designer – Barney Cheng
“Aside from getting married and having a baby boy, Global Survivor is probably the next most powerful experience I have ever had!”
Mark van Eijck – UBS
“Everyone should do this. It will change the way you see refugees.”
Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
“A profound experience that reminds us of the plight of millions of forcibly displaced people.”
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
