Greetings all,
My mother has been involved in education and refugee advocacy for years and recently she received the attached message from one of her contacts in Kakuma refugee camp. They are looking for academic institutions that might be willing to partner with them to offer online courses to refugee students. If there is any interest at any of your institutions, please feel free to reach out directly to Pascal, or I can put you in touch.
Thanks very much!
Anna
Anna Lise Purkey, DCL, LLM, BCL/LLB, Barreau du Quebec
Program Director & Assistant Professor of Human Rights
St. Paul's University College, at the University of Waterloo
apurkey@uwaterloo.camailto:apurkey@uwaterloo.ca
613-606-4076
[1601913230775]Refugee Dignity in Protracted Exile: Rights, Capabilities and Legal Empowermenthttps://www.routledge.com/Refugee-Dignity-in-Protracted-Exile-Rights-Capabilities-and-Legal-Empowerment/Purkey/p/book/9780367349530?utm_medium=email&utm_source=EmailStudio&utm_campaign=B190608181_3424962, Routledge 2019
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---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Zigashane Pascal <zigashanepascal@gmail.commailto:zigashanepascal@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 2:48 AM Subject: Reaching out from Kakuma To: Mary Purkey <marypurkey@gmail.commailto:marypurkey@gmail.com>
Dear Mary,
I hope that you are doing well. I have been thinking about inquiring from you or your network in Canada if there might be a way for some Educational Institutions to offer or partner with us here in Kakuma so that together we can offer online studies to my fellow refugees or other institutions or companies that might be open to supporting refugee initiatives.
If this might be possible within your network, we shall appreciate the connection.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Pascal
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Pascal Zigashane
Executive Director at Action pour le Progres (CBO)
Assistant IT at Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-zigashane-9ba2b5142/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ActionProgres +254796221245 zigashanepascal@gmail.commailto:zigashanepascal@gmail.com
