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- 15 Jun 2017
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Understanding What Syrian Refugees Want
- 06 Apr 2017
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Why German Business Supports, Trains, and Hires Syrian Refugees
- 01 Mar 2017
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The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
Illustration by Peter Arkle Since the outbreak of civil war in 2011, 4.9 million Syrians have fled their country, and another 6.6 million are internally displaced, according to the UN Refugee Agency. To better understand the human,...
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April White
- 19 Nov 2014
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Helping refugees make it in America
At the healthy snack foods company they cofounded, Marius Andersen (MBA 1999) and his wife, Hilary, provide jobs, health insurance, and a fresh start to refugees in their community. (Published November 2014)
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis
The flow of refugees from Syria following years of civil war has been called the worst humanitarian crisis in modern times. Working in collaboration with HBS’s global research centers, two HBS professors have brought a better...
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- 26 Sep 2019
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What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
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Danielle Kost
- 07 Jan 2019
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Busting the Refugee-Crime Connection
- 18 Oct 2023
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Spreading the Words
and their friends and families, uses tablets and educational games to teach math, English, and local languages at schools. The organization also sets up micro schools—one-room digital schoolhouses in communities that lack the requisite infrastructure, such as View Details
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April White
- 01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now
of the world, and studying and working abroad has been my passion since high school. I found my calling in developing projects to assist refugees in Côte d’Ivoire and helping to build small businesses in Vietnam. I’ve strengthened...
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- 21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
Chief Digital Transformation Officer at the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine APRIL 15 As the reality of the conflict in Ukraine became clear in March, Antoine Leboyer (MBA 1992) went searching for a way to support the View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
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Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Afghan citizens who returned to their country after years spent in Pakistani refugee camps. When Khoja was nine, the family moved to London; there, kids on the playground called him a “Paki,” the shorthand slur for all Southeast Asians;...
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Julia Hanna
- 26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising
Images) Back in Maximos Mansion, now due for his next meeting, Mitsotakis is sober about the challenges in the four years ahead, particularly in a shifting geopolitical context. The refugee crisis is far too great for Greece to face on...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 04 Sep 2019
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INK: Out of Exile
through the purgatory of refugee status, they found asylum in Oklahoma. Nayeri went on to earn a BA at Princeton, an MBA and MEd at Harvard, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The author of two previous novels (Refuge and A...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 31 Jan 2019
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A Global Mission
emphasis on service and human rights,” says DeFehr of his focus on humanitarian aid. He grew up in the Mennonite faith, the son of Russian refugee parents, and feels a strong connection to other displaced communities. That’s how he ended...
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- 16 Oct 2014
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Innovating for International Aid
places that aren’t on most people’s vacation lists. “My wife often jokes that every vacation we’ve taken since we first met involves visiting an orphanage or refugee camp,” says Wu, who is driven by a desire to help others just as he and...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2003
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Portraits from the Class of 2003
Number of Countries Visited: 55 Best Job: assisting refugees in Côte d'Ivoire Founding Member: University of South Carolina's women's soccer team Speaks: French, Spanish, Vietnamese Award Winning: salsa dancer Hero: Maya Angelou Next Up:...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 23 Oct 2019
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Designing a More Artful Future for the Middle East
Artist Yazan Halwani (left) puts the finishing touches on “The Flower Salesman,” which he painted on a six- story building in Dortmund, Germany. The portrait depicts a 10-year-old Syrian refugee who became a successful flower seller in...
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Inclusion
- 07 Jul 2016
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Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa
member of the American Refugee Committee. Ruhr says rarely a week goes by that she doesn’t call to mind an HBS mantra: “Just break it down.” “Anything that seems overwhelming. I tell the staff, ‘It’s just ‘next step and next step, and you...
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