Tell us about the best college, community or informal programs designed to give adults the hands-on training they need to earn a living. What are the best ways to expose adults to new learning opportunities?
ADULT EDUCATION
How are people learning the skills that prepare them to earn a living?
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Empowering urban refugees through literacy and livelihood strategies
Training skills for self-sustainability
"Good Education for my Daughter Matters"
Jocelyne after retailing only to pairs of shoes per day, she now owns a shoe shop that enables her to put her daughter in a private school.
Skills training at Panyadoli vocational technical institute in Kiryandongo refugee settlement implemented by Real Medicine Foundation.
Empowering refugees in Kiryandongo refugee settlement with practical vocational skills for improved livelihood.
Using Language as a Tool for Empowerment
In Charlotte, NC local community colleges provide adult ESL classes to prepare refugee students for their new lives in America.
Individuals Building Assets & Creating Opportunities for Themselves
Matched Savings Accounts to enhance financial literacy, change saving behaviours and help purchase an asset.
Insights from using Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Refugee Camps
An interview with CARE International's Case Management Officer in Jordan's Azraq refugee camp reveals valuable insights about using MOOCs.
ICT FOR YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY
Advancing sustainable employment for vulnerable youth through ICT, life skill training and employment mentoring and advocacy.
Supporting Tertiary Education for Refugees
Scholarships for Prerequisite Language Courses to Pursue Higher Education in Turkey
Launch an Open Educational Resource site for kindergarten-college education in Africa
An OER network site could bring relevant, high quality education to hundreds of thousands of refugees in urban and camp settings in Africa.
Best way to expose adult to new learning opportunities.
Just like any other oriented learners, adult students need very friendly learning environment where they can easily interact & share ideas.
Alpha Language Study Center.
Alpha Language study Center works to equip refugees and local host community members with communication skills in English.
Sustainable furniture to facilitate the learning process of the educational model "A Crecer" in the rodeo town, Cucuta, Colombia.
Design of furniture to adult people members of the ed. program "A Crecer" in the Rodeo town to receive properly their classes sessions
Challenges For Women in Education
Bamako she has a vision to continue her studies up to university level.
Refugees as paid language/cultural teachers
Refugees have their own set of cultural traits such as gastronomy, idiom and dance. In their new home they can get paid to teach the locals.
REFUGEE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM (RAEP).
Refugee adult education is a community Based organization task to provide adult learners with basic skills and knowledge.
Transnational Accreditation Scheme
Refugees who are resettled in another country need their prior education, work and skills to be certified, so they don't start from scratch.
Hands on skills development for individual self reliance.
Train individuals to support them selves though hands on skills training.
compassion fatigue
Teachers who works with traumatized children and adolescents are vulnerable to the effects of trauma, referred to as 'compassion fatigue'
Educating Adult Urban Refugees through Family Inclusion
Supplemental Education for Children and their Parents for Sustainable Livelihoods in Turkey
Entrepreneurship Training in the Refugee Camps
Entrepreneurship in refugee camps means the reduction of dependency on outside aid and a gain of deeper sense of purpose and possibility.
Available Scholarships for Refugees
A list of available scholarships available to refugees with information about each one and a link to the website where one can apply.