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Kiva Refugee Investment Fund Lending $1.5 Million to FINCA Guatemala to Support Returning Migrants
The goal is to expand lending to “Guatemalan migrants returning to their home country and locally based entrepreneurs.”
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- Latin America
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Energy Policies For Refugee Assistance: Sustainability And Access
Paradoxically as more and more people are forcibly disconnected from energy grids and forced into refugee camps, these individuals’ per capita energy consumption increases despite individuals using less.
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- Energy
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- Global
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- energy access, migrants, refugees
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Report Proposes Digital ID Changes for Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Persons
A report has made policy recommendations aimed at clearing the hurdles preventing forcibly displaced persons (FDPs) from having access to financial inclusion services.
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- Finance, Technology
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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces $1 Million in Grants to Advance Inclusive Employer Practices
The WES Mariam Assefa Fund announced US$1 million in grants to eight organizations to develop career pathways that support the economic mobility and success of immigrants and refugees.
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- North America
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Business Solutions to a Humanitarian Crisis: Nine Things Companies Must Understand to Support Refugees from Ukraine – And Around the World
As war rages in Ukraine, humanitarian efforts have struggled to keep pace with the needs of the refugees displaced by the conflict. According to Betsy Alley, an independent researcher and analyst with expertise in refugee business investment, the private sector can help. But how can businesses best contribute to something that has traditionally been a humanitarian affair? She shares nine learnings from the refugee crises of recent years, which show how enterprises and their employees can serve and empower refugees while also benefiting host communities – and their own businesses.
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- Investing
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A Food Insecurity Expert Predicts That There’s Only 10 Weeks of Wheat Supplies Left in the World as Russian Invasion Disrupts Production
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, while addressing the UN Security Council, said that Russia was holding food "hostage" not just for Ukrainians but for millions across the world.
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- Agriculture
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Across Europe, African Students Fight to Study After Ukraine Exit
Trapped in a legal limbo, thousands of third-nation students risk seeing their years-long education vanishing into thin air.
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- Education
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A Non-Profit Venture Fund Aims to Back 200 Startups Established by Refugee Ukrainian Entrepreneurs
The fund hopes to help Ukrainian entrepreneurs who have fled to the West, founder Roman Tyan told Insider.
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- migrants, nonprofits, refugees, startups