Digital Literacy Training
Starting in 2025, we’re providing digital literacy training to refugee women, through a partnership with Johnson C. Smith University and the Center for Digital Equity, …
North Carolina
Vocational Training Launch
She wakes up before dawn to get to work. Breakfast is in the kitchen for her children. She checks the house, locks the door and runs to catch the bus. The hours are short and her paycheck only covers part of her rent. Yet without childcare or paid training options, this precious refugee mom has no other option but to take whatever work she can to keep her family afloat.
The Impact of Vocational Training
In the short-term, expecting refugees to find immediate employment often forces them into low-wage jobs outside of their skill set and interests.
Time is the Most Valuable Tool
“Can you give me a ride?” she asked. I checked her address (it was close), thought about the class schedule (there is really plenty of time), and gulped. Why is the giving of time so hard to do? The transfer of time from project work to people investment always feels painful to me for some reason.
She is Valuable.
It’s a tough world for female refugees. They face hurdles to education, to healthcare and to even basic safety. Too often, girls and women are considered less needful of educational attainment than their male counterparts.