Blog World Refugee Day: a Call to Action On June 20,we recognize World Refugee Day. WRD presents an opportunity to shed light on the growing refugee crisis and celebrate the resilience of those locked in increasingly protracted displacement crises, yet without adequate funding and institutional investments, these are simply words. It is imperative that funding and institutional investment match the scale of the crisis.
News Ahead of World Refugee Day, Chobani founder appeals to CEO Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder and CEO of leading Greek yogurt brand Chobani, says he is evangelizing the idea of a so-called ‘CEO playbook’ to shift some of the focus from shareholder wealth and profits to employee welfare and humanitarian goals.
News The Organization Providing Free Coding School for Refugees Code Your Future, founded in 2016, aims to help the refugee community and individuals from low-income backgrounds achieve their dreams of becoming developers.
News In world’s largest refugee camp, Rohingya children face a desperate choice On the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the world’s largest refugee camp houses a generation of lost Rohingya children. Because Bangladesh bans them from school, they face a hard choice: Break the law, or relinquish dreams of a better future. In response, some children have begun teaching each other.
News Challenges for Venezuelan refugee students in Colombia The economic, political and social conflicts occurring in Venezuela have caused over three million Venezuelans to flee to countries across Latin America and beyond. This is the largest migrant crisis in the Western Hemisphere and it is worsening by the day.
News ‘Prioritise education, girls’ plight in cyclone-hit areas’ Plan International has called on government to prioritise initiatives that ensure children, particularly young girls, have access to quality education in line with international standards and to provide services that prevent girls from being sexually exploited in Cyclone Idai-affected areas.
Resource Refugee Education: Integration Models and Practices in OECD Countries Drawing on research from previous refugee waves, the paper examines key needs of refugee students and factors that promote their integration.
News Education is Breaking Down Cultural Barriers between Refugees and Host Nations Photojournalist Paddy Dowling travelled to Kuala Lumpur to discover the impact of a new alternative and holistic educational model being implemented in primary schools.
News Aid Groups Face Challenges in Educating Rohingya Refugee Children The students are all Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh from neighboring Myanmar. Nine-year-old Ruksana says she hopes to become a teacher herself one day. But her current instructor, as hard as he tries, is not really qualified for the job.
Resource UNHCR Nutrition in Camps Food security and nutrition interventions in camps aim to improve the immediate food security and nutritional well-being of refugees, mainly by tackling the immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition. This guideline provides instruction on nutrition provision in camps.
