UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, where one of the DDP students with refugee experience has worked.
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Videos Mentioning UNHCR

Designing Systems of Support: Design Workshop
MIT Open Learning
A UN agency mentioned as a potential partner in building a community of support for refugees.

How do we know what works? Research, Measurement and Evaluation
MIT Open Learning
Possibly referring to the UN Refugee Agency, mentioned in relation to program funding cycles.

Employment rights for the displaced: Making work fair and safe
MIT Open Learning
The UN Refugee Agency, mentioned as an actor that can support refugees partially at the beginning of their economic journey, alongside IOM.

Jack Kornfield — Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy in the Present | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
The UN High Commissioner of Refugees, which granted Maha Ghosananda permission to open a temple in a refugee camp on the border of Thailand and Cambodia.

NYU Collaborative for New Immigrant Education (CNIE)
MIT Open Learning
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, where the CNIE model for supporting refugees in higher education has been presented.

Human Connections: Mentorship and Advising
MIT Open Learning
The UN Refugee Agency, from which statistics on forcibly displaced people and refugees worldwide were cited.

Holistic Support: Seeing and Supporting the Whole Human
MIT Open Learning
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Mentioned as providing input on CE International's quality holistic learning handbook in Kenya.

Voices of Social Impact from Personal Experiences
MIT Open Learning
The UN Refugee Agency, mentioned by Ibrahim as having rejected his plea for support, stating he should support himself after he healed.

From Intentions to Impact: Decolonizing Refugee Response
MIT Open Learning
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Criticized for its practices, perceived conflict of interest issues, and slow adoption of systemic changes towards decolonization and equitable partnerships.

Alleviating poverty and sharing knowledge globally with Esther Duflo
MIT Open Learning
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, where one of the DDP students with refugee experience has worked.

2019-2020 MIT ReACT Computer and Data Science Certificate Program Graduation Celebration
MIT Open Learning
The UN Refugee Agency, cited for statistics on forcibly displaced people.

The Learning Journey for Refugee Teens: Understanding opportunities for this forgotten cohort - I
MIT Open Learning
The UN Refugee Agency, mentioned as paving some roads in the Arbat refugee camp.

A Bridge to Where? Determining the goals of bridging programmes for displaced learners
MIT Open Learning
The UN agency responsible for refugee registration, which was ordered to stop registering newcomers in Lebanon.

Design Based Learning
MIT Open Learning
The UN Refugee Agency, mentioned in the context of providing standardized, mass-produced shelters in refugee camps, contrasting with culturally inspired shelters.

Who does it work for? Education to Employment Programs in Jordan
MIT Open Learning
UN agency managing refugee databases; EFE partners with them to reach potential applicants.

Community Resilience: University of Geneva InZone
MIT Open Learning
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, whose statistics are used by InZone to contextualize the low access to higher education for refugee populations.

Evaluating Access to Labour Mobility Pathways for Refugees
MIT Open Learning
A key member of the Global Task Force on Refugee Labor Mobility, prioritizing safe pathways for refugee employment.

Post-Secondary Pathways for Refugee and Displaced Students
MIT Open Learning
The UN Refugee Agency, a partner committed to achieving a 15% enrollment of young refugees in higher education by 2030 (the '15 by 30' target).

Migration Jam: Our Stories
MIT Open Learning
The UN Refugee Agency, with whom Amal Jibril worked in refugee protection, awareness raising, and behavioral change communications.

Voices of Social Impact from Personal Experiences
MIT Open Learning
The UN Refugee Agency, a partner involved in refugee support, education (like the Darfie scholarship), and protection in Nigeria. Ayuk advocated to their country representative.

Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism: A Conversation with Michal Cotler-Wunsh (Episode #373)
Sam Harris
The primary UN mechanism for all refugees globally, contrasted with UNRWA to highlight the exceptional treatment of Palestinian refugees.

Multi-Sectoral Approaches: How to Create Collaborative and Innovative Projects
MIT Open Learning
Assisted by organizations like the U.S. Department of State in testing the graduation approach in refugee contexts to lift vulnerable populations and foster self-reliance.