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Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB)

The organisation focuses on making skilled migration systems for refugees more accessible, and to create a world where displaced people can safely migrate for work, using their skills to rebuild their lives with dignity and purpose. It also collaborates with governments to achieve its purpose.

USA
refugees, migration, immigration

FindHello

FindHello is an app built in partnership with the UNHCR by USAHello, a non-profit organization that uses technology to connect immigrant communities with the information and resources they need to thrive. It seeks to target refugees who migrate to the USA.

USA
refugees, migration, immigration

Project Dastaan

Project Dastaan is a peace-building initiative which examines the human impact of global migration through the lens of the largest forced migration in recorded history, the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan.

UK
refugees, migration, immigration

The Refugee Buddy Project

A community group led by migrants and refugees formed in 2017, to provides support in the form of buddies, advocacy, financial and emotional support for refugees seeking safety in Scotland (specifically Hastings, Rother, and Wealden).

UK
refugees, migration, immigration

Children On The Edge

Children on the Edge is a child rights organisation created to support the world’s most marginalised children, living in some of the toughest situations. We currently work with more than 20,000 children in Bangladesh, India, Uganda, Myanmar, and Lebanon.

UK
refugees, migration, immigration

Mygrants

The Mygrants app is a for-profit digital company created in response to the arrival of Ukrainian migrants in Italy, so that they may be socially and economically integrated into Italy.

Italy
refugees, migration, immigration

RefAid

The app seeks to ensure that migrants in Europe can access trusted services and accurate information in the palm of their hand - wherever they are.

UK
refugees, migration, immigration, apps

ALMAMAR App

ALMAMAR is a newly developed intervention for refugees that supports them in coping with psychological problems (e.g. sadness or anxiety). ALMAMAR is based on a scientifically reviewed program that has already been used successfully in various countries. The program is either internet-based - on a smartphone or computer - with written contact or face-to-face contact. Participation is free of charge.

Germany
refugees, mental health, health, migration, immigration, Good health and well-being, apps

Paper Airplanes

Paper Airplanes is a non-profit that seeks to prepare university students in conflict zones to be able to finish their university degrees through English language programs, among other initiatives.

USA
refugees, migration, immigration, Quality education