The Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Project aims to make educational programs available where refugees need them. (RT ≠ endorsement)
Dadaab, Kenya
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How do refugees in #Dadaab navigate between #repatriation and #education?
Read this paper by Abulogn Okello to find out: carleton.ca/lerrn/2021/repat…
The latest from an exciting collaboration between @ddadaab, @BorderlessEdu and @Lerrning!
Read and share! @miire06 @UNHCR_Kenya
Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) retweeted
Hot off the press! @BorderlessEdu ed. by Wenona Giles @CRSYorkU & Lorrie Miller @UBC with over 40 contributors! @BloomsburyBooks
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Join editors @WenonaGiles + Lorrie Miller for the online launch of Borderless #HigherEducation for #Refugees, next Weds 6th October at 3pm (London)/7am (Vancouver)/5pm (Nairobi).
More about the book and the @BorderlessEdu project it's based on 👇 + at Bloomsbury.com/9781350151239…
Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) retweeted
@iasfm18 participants! Interested in hearing about #RefugeeLedResearch & #advocacy? Join us Fri @ 12pm GMT for a session organized by 4 #Dadaab scholars titled "Emerging Refugee Scholars in Encampment"📚
@OkelloOyat @arte_saman @abikar14 @Ochan26732867 @CRSYorkU @YorkUeducation
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The third paper is by @mohamedduale_: “To be a refugee, it’s like to be without your arms, legs”: A Narrative Inquiry into Refugee Participation in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Nairobi, Kenya
carleton.ca/lerrn/2020/to-be…
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Seeing #LocalizedKnowledge production in action - the work of the Dadaab Response Association, which includes student-researchers from our friends at @BorderlessEdu! carleton.ca/lerrn/learn-with…
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Congratulations to the first cohort of students from the Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya who have earned their #YorkU graduate degrees! The master’s degree in education is part of the @BorderlessEdu Project, offering programs to students at Dadaab.
➡️ bit.ly/2Xvgo0z
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Throwing it back to the 47th Kenyatta University graduation ceremony where nine WIK scholars in the BHER project graduated in B.ED Arts&Sciences.
WIK's vision to provide quality training in Education is unwavering.#education #teachertraining #Refugees
Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) retweeted
On #InternationalDayOfEducation, #YorkU is proud to affirm our commitment to offering high-quality, research-intensive educational opportunities—locally and globally—through initiatives like @BorderlessEdu our international campuses.
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#WisdomWednesday Reading "Educating for return: Somali refugees in Dadaab," a compelling article in @FMReview. Co-written by 2 @BorderlessEdu students (Ochan Leomoi, Abdikadir Abikar) & BHER Project Program Administrator HaEun Kim. @YorkUeducation #Somalia bit.ly/2QVMqOQ
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🇨🇦 institutions have been offering 3rd country scholarships and protection through the @WorldUniService #SRP for over 40 years, and through connected learning programs like @BorderlessEdu. Learn more wusc.ca/the-canadian-post-se…
Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) retweeted
Huge shout out to all the universities pledging to support #refugee students on #WorldAccessToHigherEducationDay - it changes lives! #WAHED2019 #WAHED @Refugee_Support @UNHCR_Education #GlobalRefugeeForum unhcr.org/protection/confere…
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#YorkU is proud to be part of initiatives like the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees program that make #highered more accessible and allow incredible students like Abdikadir to part of our community: bher.org @UNHCRCanada @YorkUEducation @BorderlessEdu
🌎✈️📚 Abdikadir's story takes studying abroad to a whole new level.
Abdikadir is a @YorkUniversity Master's student - and he's studying from 12,000 km away at Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya. #MondayMotivation
@yorkueducation @yorkunews @yorkustudents
youtube.com/watch?v=KieBLGNT…
Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) retweeted
1️⃣Education is fundamentally protective for all children.
2️⃣But for the forcibly displaced, education is doubly important.
Read our latest report on why we need to step up for #RefugeeEducation: unhcr.org/steppingup/
@Refugees
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#UNHCR 2019 report highlights the remarkable story of Somali refugee Abdikadir Bare Abikar working on his @YorkUeducation master's degree, 12,000kms away from Toronto bit.ly/2NSW1pL via @Refugees
Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) retweeted
Investing in refugees' education is a collective
endeavor with collective rewards. It gives young refugees the perspectives, maturity & experiences they need to become peace makers, policy makers and teachers. Read more in a new @Refugees report cutt.ly/3wb2np1
Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) retweeted
Marangu Njogu, HonDoc recipient and global education activist, told #YorkUConvo about the need for refugee education and said, “By educating one child, they can possibly save an entire generation.” #WorldRefugeeDay
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On #WorldRefugeeDay, #YorkU is proud to confer humanitarian & global education activist Marangu Njogu an honorary degree. He is an internationally recognized leader in refugee education whose work has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of African refugees. #YorkUConvo – at Toronto, Ontario
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“I have worked for refugees for 35 years and there is one constant message I hear from them - they want education, even before food.
There is a refugee education crisis...”
-@RefugeesChief
But thanks to the German government’s DAFI scholarships, some hope.
#TheOther1PerCent – at Berlin, Germany
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Congratulations to the graduates! @yorkuniversity BHER Program with its students from Dadaab refugee camp.
@CLCConsortium @UNHCR_Education
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