Education for Refugees, an Investment for Humanity's Future

2019 Autumn The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is a United Nations organization with a mandate to protect refugees and seek durable solutions for them. Vol.34 Scan to read mobile version Education for Refugees, An Investment for Humanity s Future ’ Refugee Protection Campaign Global Shelter Campaign 03 ─ Shelters are an essential element for refugees. They need a place to stay to NOBODY rebuild their lives. In 2016, UNHCR launched the Global Shelter Campaign as part of its commitment to providing solid and safe shelters to refugee families UNHCR(United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, ) 유엔난민고등판무관사무소 LEFT OUTSIDE like Machumi’s, a Burundian refugee woman living in Tanzania. Now, three years on, we have raised almost US$24 million (equivalent to KRW 29 bil. —all UNHCR UN A월 l계au관rel형 w상rea은th symboliz이es 유UN엔H총CR회 is로 m부an터da임te무d b를y t부he여 U받ni은ted Na기tio구ns임 G을eneral Assembly thanks to your generous support and contributions! Impact of the Glob al Shelter Campaign* Source: Update on the Impact of the Shelter Campaign (May 2019) UNHCR T사h람e p형er상so은n s난ym민bo을liz비es롯 pe한rsons of con의ce모rn든 to보 UN호H대C상R 자를 Lebanon We helped repair over 7,900 building units since the beginning UNHCR . S두he손lte형rin상g 은hands symb의oliz난es민 U보NH호C노R s력 c과om의mi지tm를en상t a징nd합 e니ffo다rts to protect refugees and persons of concern. Ukraine of the shelter campaign in 2016. ’ We assisted with More than 39,000 familities home repairs have benefited from safer and for over 33,000 improved living conditions. returnees and internally displaced people since 2016. Iraq Kenya We delivered 5,400 emergency Contents Cover Story Over 2,200 specially-adapted tents, 21,700 shelter kits, as well shelters have been provided as 1,700 refugee housing units** Rwanda to support the lives of more to 7,000 refugee families in Central and Refugee Protection Campaign We offered training to over than 11,000 refugees who 2018. South America 2,000 refugees in shelter-related live with disabilities. We made temporary shelters Global Shelter Campaign 03 skills, including carpentry, available for refugees, 33,000 masonry, and welding. More including unaccompanied than 46,000 refugees have been children, to provide them UNHCR International accommodated in shelters since with protection and access to 2016. Education for Refugees 04 basic services. Thank You Your Donation Makes a Difference 09 Interview With You James Lynch, New Representative for UNHCR Korea 10 Shelters are a basic necessity to all people. For “ UNHCR News refugee families forced to flee their homes, they are the basic human right that ensures a dignified life. Refugee girls are studying at the designated Agency/Donation News 12 Shelters give refugees safety, living space, privacy, Girls’ Safe Room at Paysannat School in storage for their belongings, and protection from bad Rwanda’s Mahama Refugee Camp. The school weather or health hazards. Your donations change accommodates 20,000 of the 54,000 refugees Thank You refugees lives. When I first came to Tanzania in living in the settlement. ’ UNHCR Donor Referral Program 13 2016, many of the refugees were living in emergency shelters like tents. But now, 60% of the population It took more than four days for me to get across the border with my disabled son. are benefiting from a more durable and permanent “ Thank You He has issues with his legs, so he has to rely on wheelchairs. As a result, I can t work residence. Your donations to the Global Shelter ’ Publisher James Lynch or farm right now because I have to take care of him. But with support from Campaign have brought about this huge difference. Children’s Drawing Contest for Copyright UNHCR Korea UNHCR, I now have a safe and spacious place to live in. It has solar panels, windows, and Thank you once again for all your support. ” UNHCR Donor Families 14 Date of Issue September 2019 locks; I feel much safer now. ” - Machumi, a refugee woman from Burundi - - Patrick, UNHCR shelter expert- Distribution Private Sector Partnership (PSP) Team, UNHCR Korea Learning about Refugees Design DesignIntro Inc. Spot the Difference 16 *Shelter kit: A set of materials used to construct shelters. It generally consists of knives and sickles (for cutting grass and trees), hammers, nails, ropes, mattresses, tarpaulins, and wood beams for roofs and pillars. The specific items included may depend on the region and the unique circumstances there. **Refugee housing unit: A self-assembly shelter powered by solar energy and equipped with a door and a lock (see photo). UNHCR International Education for Refugees 04 2019 UNHCR Korea With You Autumn Edition 05 ─ ─ #SteppingUp: Refugee Education in Crisis Education for Refugees, An Investm en t for Humanity s Future ’ UNHCR’s 2018 Global Trends Report found that as much as 80% of refugees around the world are living in a protracted refugee situation.* In other words, school-age refugee children, aged 5–18, spend their childhood and adolescence in an unfamiliar environment with no access to education. Filippo Grande, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, meeting Rohingya refugee children in the Kutupalong Refugee Settlement, Bangladesh. Statistical Overview Of the 7.1 million refugee children under UNHCR mandate, 3.7 million, or more than half of them, cannot go to school. Of these out-of-school boys and girls, 2.9 million are living in the countries adjacent to the world’s key refugee hotspots, such as Lebanon, Turkey, Sudan, Uganda, and Pakistan. Globally, 91% of children are enrolled in primary school, but only 63% of refugee children are enrolled in primary school. This gap further widens as the children get older and move on to higher grades: the refugee enrollment rate in secondary and tertiary/higher education stands at a mere 24% and 3%, respectively, in comparison with 84% and 37% worldwide. *Protracted refugee situation: A situation where 25,000 or more refugees of the same nationality have been in exile for at least five consecutive years in other countries (source: UNHCR, 2018 Global Trends Report). UNHCR International Education for Refugees 06 2019 UNHCR Korea With You Autumn Edition 07 ─ ─ UNHCR s Support Activities for Education ’ The UNHCR, mindful of UN Sustainable such example is the Albert Einstein German Development Goal 4 ( Ensure inclusive and Academic Refugee Initiative (Deutsche “ equitable quality education and promote Akademische Flüchtlingsinitiative Albert lifelong learning opportunities for all ), is Einstein, or DAFI), a German scholarship ” committed to equal access to education for program for refugees that has sponsored all refugees around the globe as one of its university education for more than 15,500 global strategic priorities. refugee students from at least 50 countries since 1992. Under our Refugee Education 2030 strategy, we are poised to raise refugee children s All children have the right to education even ’ — enrollment in primary and middle school up more so for refugees. We might not have the to par with that of ordinary children, while power to stop all the war and violence in the at the same time bolstering their enrollment world, but we can still help refugee children in high school and university to 15%. and stay by their side so they can dream of (Top) Refugee children in class at an elementary school Expanding access to secondary education their future as scientists, doctors, teachers, in the Byabakoora Refugee Settlement, Uganda. (Bottom) Refugee children studying through online- is our particular focus to ensure seamless and engineers based distance learning programs at the Dadaab Rohingya girls are in a class organized by the Diamond Adolescent Club, a UNHCR partner agency. learning for refugees. For instance, as part Refugee Settlement in Kenya. This program has been of this endeavor, UNHCR is planning to scale supported by UNHCR and its partners. Back to routine Engine for social change up its Secondary Youth Education Program, Why Does Education Education is the surest way for refugees to go Higher-level education not only passes on previously a pilot initiative for Kenya, Rwanda, back to normal and rediscover their purpose knowledge and skills to the future generation; Uganda, and Pakistan in 2017. “Education enables children and youth to thrive, not just survive.” - Filippo Grande, UN High Commissioner for Refugees - Matter for Refugees? of life and dignity after a traumatic experience it also turns students into leaders. Education of fleeing their homes. A sense of security and broadens children s horizons and nurtures We also promote inclusive education policies ’ happiness among refugees, and the resilience of essential skills to make an informed decision about in asylum countries to allow refugees Schoolchildren studying at Godo Elementary School, the only elementary school at the Gorom Refugee ’ Settlement, South Sudan. The school caters for both refugees and local children. their communities, are associated with life skills, various aspects of life, including health, happiness, continued access to education under their Education fulfills children s curiosity and opens knowledge, and competency acquired through and interpersonal relationships. Of the refugees host nations public education system even as ’ ’ their eyes to a passion for new things via school education. who return to their home country, educated they are forced to flee their homes and stay learning and inquiry. Basic knowledge and skills refugees are the ones who rebuild and develop abroad for an extended period. With 84% obtained through education also facilitates their Protection in a safe space their society. of refugees worldwide finding themselves development of social skills and gives them Education is essentially protective. Children who in developing countries, UNHCR is here to access to the information necessary for their attend school are less vulnerable to forced labor, Financial independence help, not just for refugees but also for their survival, all of which are instrumental in ensuring criminal acitivites, or the influence of gangs or Knowledge, skills, experience, and competencies host communities.

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