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Hello Future Awarded Multi-year Grant from USA for UNHCR

Hello Future Awarded Multi-year Grant from USA for UNHCR. “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 Future’s founder and executive director.

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Welcome the Newest Hello Future Board Members

I am excited to introduce the newest members of our Board of Directors and Advisory Council. We simply cannot achieve our mission of bridging the education gap for adolescent refugees without the support and guidance of our talented and compassionate Board members. They are experts in their field, bring a wealth of experience, and will help move us closer to our goal of preventing a lost generation.

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Design Workshop at MIT Migration Summit

The MIT Migration Summit focuses on education and workforce development in the face of displacement. As part of the program. Hello Future will present a participatory design workshop and journey mapping from the lens of refugee teens on April 25 & 26.

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Featured in Hechinger Report - Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons

The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on innovation in education. In this pandemic year where remote learning is failing across the U.S. revealing both the infrastructure divide and the need for greater investment in education overall. Yet, Hello Future has managed to make remote learning work in the most unlikely location, a refugee camp.

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How do we design an inclusive future with refugee teens?

Charlie Grosso is an Edmund Hilary Fellow since 2019. Our collaborative work with DSIL in the Global Youth Hack-a-thon has been featured by EHF as an example of how we must design with all stakeholders for true inclusivity. Read on to see what it’s like to design an inclusive future with refugee teens.

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Charlie Grosso Keynote Speaker @ TeachSauce

"Despite how much time your teens spend buried in their cell phones and online, the majority of them would fail a digital literacy exam. A digitally native generation is a myth."

Charlie Grosso, founder and executive director of Hello Future, an international nonprofit transforming the refugee youth experience keynotes at TechSauce 2020 on the worrisome trends she's observed in teens worldwide, beyond refugee youth and what we can do about it.

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Meet the Filmmakers of "I See You" - Hosted by Susan McPherson and Alia Malik

This summer, Hello Future hosted the ultimate global summer camp for teens.

30 teens from across the world came together and meet online for the first time. Refugee teens from Syrian and Afghanistan, youth from Somaliland, teens from the U.S and Canada.

This collaborative film is a result of their ideas, this global virtual meeting and sharing of their stories.

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