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Eez's path to university and lifelong learning with Kiron

Devoted father and Syrian refugee, Eez’s story demonstrates resilience in the face of adversity, and the transformative power of lifelong learning.

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July 12, 2021
Remote Learning on the Kiron Campus – Lessons Learned Along the Way

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, online education has become a way of life for many students.

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July 1, 2021
Building an inclusive learning environment for sustainable study success

Kiron and the H&M Foundation have successfully concluded their three-year-long collaborative project BLESS, having reached the goal of “building a learning environment for study success.”

June 14, 2021
Meet Sultan: From Kiron student to Cloud Computing Specialist

Originally from Salamiyah, Syria, 26-year-old Sultan was studying Physics at a university in his hometown, but had to migrate to Germany due to political instability.

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April 28, 2021
Kiron Digital Launches Today

Since 2015, we at Kiron have been developing our online learning platform in order to provide free educational opportunities to thousands of refugees and underserved communities around the world.

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April 12, 2021
Kiron begins building the Digital Self Defense Center

In the digital age, many members of the civil society, NGOs and journalists feel that they are underprepared when it comes to data security.

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March 31, 2021
Why NGOs should embrace digital transformation

In March 2020, not only did COVID-19 dominate our conversations, but also shrunk our workplace into laptop-sized dimensions.

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February 17, 2021
Collective Impact Campus Q&A with PO Baptiste

As NGOs worldwide are working to ensure continuity of learning experiences for their communities, we are exploring a new approach that enables collaborative action.

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February 10, 2021
5 hard skills to learn in 2021

The world is changing rapidly and with that comes a shift in high demand careers in the job market. The tech and digital education sectors are growing and it is important to prepare yourself if you want to stay ahead of the job market. Have a look at the 5 hard skills to learn this year and be ready to land more career opportunities!

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November 23, 2020
YUFE launches Virtual Campus

Enabling students to study at 10 European universities online.

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November 17, 2020
Meet Elif: Overcoming barriers through language

One of the greatest barriers for refugees to receiving higher education or entering the job marketing is language. In Germany, many refugee students do not have the resources to reach the C1 language level required by employers and universities.

Case studies
November 12, 2020
Story of Change: Enes

One of the many initiatives designed under the H&M Foundation and Kiron’s targeted project, “Building a Learning Environment for Study Success (BLESS)”, is a focus on broadening German and English language offers.

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September 16, 2020
Get to know Thaki – an org providing sustainable educational resources to refugees

To celebrate World Refugee Day, we hosted Amplify Now, a 2-day virtual refugee conference which brought together students, organizations and industry leaders from across the globe to collaborate on solutions affecting refugees around the world.

July 22, 2020
The movement continues – What’s next for Amplify Now?

2 days, 31 seminars, over 5000 participants from 80 countries, 40 organisations, and over 38,000 livestream participants around the world made up one of the biggest virtual refugee conferences – Amplify Now.

July 21, 2020
BLESS: final year outlook

BLESS (Building a Learning Environment for Study Success), the three-year-long cooperation between the H&M Foundation and Kiron, is in its final year and we are looking forward to many exciting initiatives designed to foster a productive and inclusive learning community.

June 23, 2020
Our partner: SPARK – Digital and Soft Skills project

Kiron partners with SPARK, Injaz Lebanon and Berytech in order to deliver Online Mentoring on digital skills and literacy and soft skills, funded by EU MADAD and Al Fakhoora.

June 23, 2020
Our partner: NRC – joint certificate program

The Norwegian Refugee Council Lebanon (NRC) and Kiron Lebanon have partnered in 2018-2019 to deliver blended learning programmes to 56 students, facilitated in a study center from the Lebanon Academy of Training and Development in Sidon.

Case studies
April 2, 2020
Kiron talks...

Our new format for a conversation on wide-open learning

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March 25, 2020
Amplify Now: Virtual Refugee Conference on World Refugee Day

At Kiron, we believe that change can only happen when everyone’s voice is heard. That’s why we are organising our first online conference dedicated to refugees around the world. Too often, international and domestic conferences about forced migration lack representation and inclusivity, and present refugees as passive recipients, not as potential change-makers and innovators.

March 25, 2020
Adapting to online learning during the Coronavirus pandemic

Due to the current global health emergency, your daily routine and learning habits have probably been disrupted. You have to spend more time in a confined space and don’t have access to the library or your regular public study spaces or study center. More and more people are turning to online learning in these unprecedented times. At Kiron, we want to share our best tips that we have picked up over the years for studying online, so that you can succeed as a Kiron student.

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March 20, 2020
How to stay positive and productive working remotely

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, most of you have probably switched to working from home. At Kiron, we have some experience with remote work and collaborating with teams around the world. We would like to share some tips and tricks that we’ve learned along the way to help you find your balance and stay productive.

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December 20, 2019
BLESS enters its third Year

Learnings and Achievements from the BLESS Project in 2019.