In the close-knit culture of Sweden, corporate hiring operates on networking, personal relationships, and references. To a large degree, immigrant communities do not have access to these resources. Sofia Appelgren has launched a program that matches the most dynamic and entrepreneurial persons with...
Read moreZarah has created a new strategy for supporting refugees to find long-term employment by using a temporary employment agency model to overcome the integration barriers for both refugees and companies. In so doing, she is also easing the social integration of this rapidly growing population in...
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Ashoka Fellows in Italy Respond to Migrant Ship Aquarius Situation
UWC Red Cross Nordic
UWC Red Cross Nordic (UWC RCN) was founded in 1995 in Norway, and their mission is “to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future”. In this regard, the school adopted ‘deliberate diversity’ as their educational model and gave priority to create...
Nathanaël Molle - SINGA
Negli ultimi decenni la Francia, come molti altri paesi sviluppati, ha dovuto affrontare l'arrivo di un numero crescente di rifugiati in fuga da guerre o persecuzioni politiche nei loro paesi. Esplorando il potenziale non sfruttato delle popolazioni di rifugiati, da lungo tempo stigmatizzati ed...
IDÉE Invisible, l’écrasante majorité des réfugiés - 86% - vit dans les pays en voie de développement. Ils s’installent pour la plupart dans les villes de ces pays avec l’espoir de reconstruire leur vie, et non dans les camps humanitaires où l’essentiel de l’aide se concentre. Ces réfugiés urbains...
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