“Refugees are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children, with the same hopes and ambitions as us—except that a twist of fate has bound their lives to a global refugee crisis on an unprecedented scale.”
Khaled Hosseini
High School Students: Apply now for the 2025 High School Refugee Leadership program
Are you passionate about helping people, understanding how non-profits work and building your leadership skills? Are you available one day a week from February to April to engage in a deep dive of global refugee issues with likeminded students from around the U.S.? Are you interested in the intersection of refugee issues with climate change, politics, education and international legal systems? Are you ready for an immersive experience that could change your life?
If this sounds like you, we hope you will consider this opportunity and apply!
We are currently recruiting our cohort of Refugee Leaders for the spring of 2025. Please consider applying today!
Refugees In Schools partners with community-based organizations around the world. Right now, we partners with Windle International Kenya and the very best technical colleges in Kenya to provide the highest standard of vocational education to our refugee scholars. Windle has staff based in Nairobi, Dadaab, and Kakuma refugee camps.
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Who is a refugee?
Refugees are people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country. (UNHCR)
