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📚All scholarship opportunities for refugees in Kenya are posted on our UNHCR Help Site.

👩🏾‍🎓🧑🏾‍🎓And right now there are six available!

➡️help.unhcr.org/kenya/helpful-…

In Ecuador, refugee and local children attend school together, however, discrimination & xenophobia pose additional barriers in and outside the classroom📚

Learn how UNHCR and partners work together to tackle discrimination➡️
unhcr.org/news/stories/v…

📅 April 16: Don’t miss the ECOSOC Youth Forum side event on empowering displaced youth! Insightful discussions, impactful solutions. 🌍✨

Register now for in-person participation: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #YouthEmpowerment #ECOSOC2024 '

📢 Attention students from #Burundi , #Kenya , #Rwanda , and #SouthSudan !

Unlock your potential with the Leadership Africa Scholarship Programme. Empower your educational journey & become a leader of tomorrow.

Explore this amazing opportunity now! 🌍✨

services.unhcr.org/opportunities/…

There is still time to apply for this opportunity in Italy! 🇮🇹

Italian universities offer scholarships to refugee students living in Kenya, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Apply by 15 April here: universitycorridors.unhcr.it

Education protects refugees.

Ensuring access to quality education keeps refugees safe. #RightToLearn

📍Ituri Province, #DRCongo 🇨🇩

⚠️At least 2⃣6⃣ schools have been forced to close this year because of continuing armed conflict.

In the Mandima region alone, more than 1⃣0⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ children have been forced out of education.

The need for peace has never been greater 🕊️

#Thread

What does a funding gap in education mean for #refugees in Ethiopia ?

Without $4.4 million, 187,000 refugee students will be out of school in 2024.

👉🏽Find out more here: shorturl.at/pJSZ5

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Abdul Aziz, a 10-year-old, dreams of becoming a pharmacist. UNHCR's renovation of Abu Ruweil Village School in Aleppo has brought his dream closer to reality. The school now has 16 classrooms & can accommodate 250 students, providing a nurturing environment for learning.📚✨

“Before I received this wheelchair, I was always behind because it was hard to get to school. Now, I’m not just on time, I’m part of everything,” Saidi

🙏 to support from Education Cannot Wait , His mobility is possible which has made school more accessible & uplifted his spirits.

UNHCR Education recently launched the Refugee Higher Education Global Newsletter! 🎉

Among an overview of activities and events on refugee higher education, you can also review updates on Complementary #EducationPathways . 🌐

Access the newsletter 👇
bit.ly/new3rd

Education is a priority from the first day of a crisis!
Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies members have come together to declare key reasons why #EducationFromTheFirstDay should be prioritised in every humanitarian response.

👉Read the statement & recommendations: tinyurl.com/3ev3rryh

In crises, education is as vital as food & shelter. Faced with under-funding, it’s time to prioritise #EducationFromTheFirstDay so that the right to education for every crisis-affected child and youth is fulfilled.

👉Read the statement & recommendations: tinyurl.com/3ev3rryh

Call for applications to fill 1 vacancy on the INEE Steering Group! Open to all *donor* organizations, with a preference for orgs based or working in countries where EiE programming is ongoing.

Learn more ➡️ inee.org/blog/call-appl…

Deadline: 21 March 2024

🛎️ Recruiting!: Refugee Livelihoods Strategist (consultant)

Interested in supporting graduates secure meaningful work in the humanitarian, dev, research, & policy spheres?

Join RLRH for 4+ months to improve our offerings for 450+ learners & researchers. Apply by 25 March! 👇🧵

Refugee woman.

A label we did not choose.

We were forced to flee our homes, but we're so much more than our refugee status.

#WomensHistoryMonth

On this #InternationalWomensDay , we are celebrating women #refugeeteachers who are helping girls to learn and dream big 👧📚🌟👩‍🏫

💡Future change-makers at Kakuma Refugee Camp!

Thank you to iamtheCODE- Enabling Girls Coders by 2030 #SDGs martha lane fox Lady Mariéme Jamme | She/Her🦋 for inspiring so many girls today, on the eve of #InternationalWomensDay

Did you know that over 50 percent of refugee children are not in school?

Access to education for refugee children should be a priority📘🎒🧒👧
#RefugeeEducation

Learn more➡️ unhcr.org/media/unhcr-ed…

🌟The 6th version of the UNICORE Scholarship program is live📢

The scholarship is open to refugees currently residing in Kenya, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 📚

Deadline is 15/04🖥️ #15by30

Learn more: ➡️services.unhcr.org/opportunities/…