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01 October 2015
1 October 2015
Malala Yousafzai, Vint Cerf, Muhtar Kent, Sir Martin Sorrell and
Paul Polman to teach lessons by video call to young people in
refugee camps
-- Vodafone Foundation and UNHCR project begins this week with
WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, Unilever CEO Paul Polman, Huawei
chairwoman Madam Sun Yafang and Jonah Capital Chairman Sir Samuel
Jonah
-- Project is part of Vodafone Foundation's wider Instant
Network Schools programme, which provides tablet-based teaching in
refugee camps in Africa
-- News follows launch of United Nations campaign this week to
make internet access universal by 2020
Malala Yousafzai, student, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Malala
Fund co-founder, Unilever CEO Paul Polman and The Coca-Cola Company
Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent are among those who will give
interactive lessons by video call to young people living in the
Dadaab refugee settlement in northern Kenya, as part of an
education initiative from the Vodafone Foundation and the United
Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
The average amount of time a young refugee is displaced from his
or her home is 17 years, according to UNHCR. Many young people are
born and raised in the closed environment of camp with minimal
contact with the outside world, and little or no access to quality
education.
'Leadership Lessons', part of the Vodafone Foundation and
UNHCR's Instant Network Schools programme, will provide young
people, aged between 13 and 27, with access to inspirational
speakers and experts from different backgrounds, who will discuss
their personal stories, share their knowledge and answer questions
on their areas of expertise.
The programme will see Yousafzai share her life story and
discuss the importance of education with girls living in the Dadaab
refugee camp, while business leaders such as Sir Martin Sorrell,
Muhtar Kent, Paul Polman and Chairman Executive Board and CEO of
HEINEKEN N.V Jean-François van Boxmeer will each give interactive
tutorials to students, including those studying business studies.
Other experts who will give lessons include artist Lisa Milroy and
American internet pioneer Vint Cerf.
The Leadership Lessons initiative is part of the Vodafone
Foundation Instant Network Schools programme which, working
alongside UNHCR's Education and Innovation units, provides
tablet-based teaching in schools in refugee camps.
Vodafone is bringing connectivity to large parts of Africa and
the Vodafone Foundation seeks to mobilise schools which work in
refugee camps within Vodafone's markets, bringing critical
educational resources to the people who need them most. In 2014,
the Instant Network Schools programme introduced tablet-based
teaching to around 18,000 pupils at schools in the Dadaab refugee
settlement. Safaricom, Vodafone's affiliate in Kenya, provides
connectivity to enable both tablet-based learning and the
Leadership Lessons in Dadaab.
To help deliver this ambitious programme, in March 2015 the
Vodafone Foundation announced the creation of the Instant Classroom
'digital school in a box', a portable case containing equipment to
enable tablet-based teaching in schools where electricity and
internet connectivity are unreliable or non-existent. This is being
deployed in partnership with UNHCR's Innovation and Education units
to 12 schools in refugee settlements in Kenya, Tanzania and the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
Over the next two years, the Vodafone Foundation Instant Network
Schools programme will be extended to support additional schools in
refugee camps in Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, benefitting at least 62,000 children and young people by the
end of 2016. There are currently 18 schools in refugee camps,
including 13 in Dadaab, two in Kakuma in Kenya, two in Ajuong Thok
in South Sudan and one in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo.
Last weekend, senior business leaders and celebrities launched a
United Nations campaign to make internet access universal by 2020.
The 193 UN nations formally adopted a set of 17 Sustainable
Development Goals to end poverty, combat inequality and climate
change over the next 15 years. The connectivity campaign calls for
governments, businesses and innovators to bring the internet to
those four billion people who currently do not have access.
Vodafone Group Chief Executive Vittorio Colao said: "Leadership
Lessons are about connecting young people living in some of the
toughest environments - often with no access or exposure to life
outside of the camps - with inspiring people from around the world.
We want to give the students hope and provide inspiration and
knowledge by using our technology and expertise to connect them
with a variety of world leaders. I gave a Leadership Lesson to
students living in Dadaab from my London office and was impressed
by the students' determination to learn and succeed."
For further information:
Vodafone Group Media Relations:
www.vodafone.com/media/contact
Note to editors
Pictures of Vodafone Foundation Instant Classroom can be
downloaded here:
https://www.flickr.com/x/t/0093009/gp/vodafonegroup/dpgww9/
A short film which shows the Instant Classroom equipment being
set up can be viewed here;
http://youtu.be/DVnoXyBsJI8
About Vodafone
Vodafone is one of the world's largest telecommunications
companies and provides a range of services including voice,
messaging, data and fixed communications. Vodafone has mobile
operations in 26 countries, partners with mobile networks in 55
more, and fixed broadband operations in 17 markets. As of 30 June
2015, Vodafone had 449 million mobile customers and 12 million
fixed broadband customers. For more information, please visit:
www.vodafone.com.
About Vodafone Foundation
The Vodafone Foundation's Mobile for Good programme combines
Vodafone's charitable giving and technology to make a difference in
the world. Globally, the Vodafone Foundation supports projects that
are focused on delivering public benefit through the use of mobile
technology across the areas of health, education and disaster
relief. The Vodafone Foundation invests in the communities in which
Vodafone operates and is at the centre of a network of global and
local social investment programmes. The Vodafone Foundation is a UK
registered charity, registered charity number 10989625.
About UNHCR and UNHCR Innovation
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General
Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate
international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee
problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights
and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can
exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another
State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate
locally or to resettle in a third country. Providing access to
quality education is a core component of UNHCR's protection
mandate.
UNHCR Innovation is a multi-departmental section established
within UNHCR to work collaboratively with refugees, academia, and
the private sector to creatively address challenges faced by
uprooted or stateless people worldwide. UNHCR Innovation aims to
empower staff to work together with refugee communities to design
innovative solutions to the challenges they face. For more
information, please visit: http://innovation.unhcr.org
This information is provided by RNS
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