Hello Future Awarded Multi-year Grant from USA for UNHCR
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- USA for UNHCR, a U.S. based non-profit organization whose mission is to protect refugees and empower them with hope and opportunity, recently awarded a three-year grant to deepen and expand the educational non-profits work serving adolescent refugees.Hello Future provides refugee teens in the Middle East with required to improve their educational and employment futures. "The support of USA for UNHCR is a catalytic investment in our program that also sends a clear message about the importance of supporting programs for refugee teenagers -- an age group often forgotten in the humanitarian sector," said Charlie Grosso, Hello Futures founder and executive director. "We are excited to be able to offer our life-changing program to thousands more students, train a new cohort of local community- and agency-based instructors, and increase the number of refugee entrepreneurs who can create real change for themselves and their communities. "USA for UNHCRs support will enable Hello Future to launch a Training-of-Teachers program and expand its offerings to 8-20 new sites in the Middle East serving youth living in refugee camps and urban settings.To date, Hello Futures includes a 100% student retention rate and a 90% course completion rate. It provides in-person courses led by local instructors that teach adolescent refugee youth the essential digital, business, and creative skills needed to create the next generation of entrepreneurs and community leaders.