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Each person deserves the opportunity to improve their life through education.

Chico, California
Joined March 2009
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Alongside the trauma of displacement, young refugees face many threats to their wellbeing: exclusion from education & healthcare, limited access to food, water & shelter, and the risk of violence. On #WorldRefugeeDay we highlight their stories. childfundalliance.org/2023/0…
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How can #digitalinnovation revolutionize agriculture and empower #underservedcommunities? Join the CIFAR Alliance webinar this Thursday to find out. ⏰ 9 am EST / 2 pm BST Register here: bfaglobal.zoom.us/meeting/re…
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134 asylum seekers & refugees were evacuated to Rwanda from Libya today They will temporarily be hosted at the Emergency Transit Mechanism centre in Gashora as UNHCR helps them find safety through resettlement to third countries
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Every morning, 10-year-old Madibou travels kilometres to fetch water in Mauritania. Access to safe water is a right, not a privilege. #WorldWaterDay
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Did you know that more people own a cell phone than have access to a toilet? On #WorldToiletDay and every day, our incredible local partners are working to change that.
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Congratulations #Nigeria!🇳🇬 Congratulations #Africa! 🌍 This is a historic moment as the wild poliovirus is now eradicated from the entire African continent! #EndPolio #AfricaKicksOutWildPolio
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Rwanda, a Home Away from Home: Families Open Doors to Refugee Children. Read the full story: rwanda.un.org/en/54474-rwand… @RefugeesRwanda @RwandaEmergency
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We are happy to announce the launch of the OMPT #COVID19 initiative. This fund will help to provide sanitary and disease prevention education to the developing world. Over the past decade we have become disease prevention experts; now we are needed most. charity.gofundme.com/o/en/ca…
#SundayMorning time to reflect and mark my 4 year anniversary of landing in #ChicoCa for this career and personal chapter. Thank you to all who have welcomed me! juliayarboughmediagroup.com/… @ActionNewsNow @ChicoPolice @ChicoChamber @ChicoFD @OMPT @Chico_Chief @ChicoCityof
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Yes, we are all focused on #coronavirus information and coverage but other pursuits to help one another continue. I am excited to join the #BoardofAdvisors with @OMPT What does this team do? Learned & loved it when I produced this story. actionnewsnow.com/content/ne…
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Czech researchers have added military-grade filters to low-cost snorkeling masks turning them into makeshift respirators
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Check out this amazing charity that my old friend and founder of Videomaker magazine, Matt York runs.
We are happy to announce the launch of the OMPT #COVID19 initiative. This fund will help to provide sanitary and disease prevention education to the developing world. Over the past decade we have become disease prevention experts; now we are needed most. charity.gofundme.com/o/en/ca…
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Refugees, displaced people and communities hosting them are very vulnerable to #COVID19. UNHCR is asking donors to support existing aid programmes and contribute additional US$ 255m to support government responses in countries with displaced populations. unhcr.org/news/press/2020/3/… – at Geneva, Switzerland
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Great to have @JuliaYSpeaks on our team at OMPT! ompt.org/board-of-advisors
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Our response to this epidemic must encompass– and in fact, focus on – those whom society often neglects or relegates to a lesser status. Otherwise, it will fail. High Commissioners for @Refugees & @UNHumanRights unite with a crucial #Coronavirus message: trib.al/ugFduPX
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Heading to Kenya with @OMPT – at Castro, San Francisco
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Algeria got 1 of their Coronavirus cases through an Italian. Nigeria got their 1st case through an Italian. Tunisia got their 1st case through an Italian. Morocco recorded its 1st case through a Moroccan from Italy. 1st case in South Africa, traveled from Italy. Wtf!?
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From Idlib to Europe, innocent people pay again the price of the failure of diplomacy, the unwillingness of states to cooperate with each other, and the political use of refugees and migrants. Protecting borders without protecting people will not solve any refugee crisis. – at Geneva, Switzerland
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