Recent Events and Speaking Engagements

StandFord University

In collaboration with Global Health NOW from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Stanford Refugee Research Project is convening UN leaders and other experts to explore how to meaningfully improve conditions for refugees. 

OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT

Former URM client Jacob Atem’s journey came full circle when he served as a plenary speaker at ORR’s 2018 World Refugee Day event.

UNESCO General Conference

In closing, Jacob Atem, a Sudanese refugee who learnt how to read in a UN refugee camp in Kenya said that “literacy remains the most essential building block for meaningful change” and shared his organization’s efforts in Southern Sudan “to establish literacy skills as a basis for bringing improvement, stability and prosperity to our communities.”