Helping Refugees Reaching University with Mosaik Education
Empowering refugees to access higher education
Context
Attending university, trade school or a college can boost a young person’s future earnings by 17%, according to World Bank estimates. But of the 220 million students enrolled in these institutions globally, just 5% are refugees.
Approach
Mosaik runs workshops to help refugees into higher education. Through eight modules, students explore their own interests and strengths, potential areas of study, and educational pathways. They are also advised on completing applications, writing CVs and taking part in interviews.
Breaking down barriers
Although the number of scholarships and online courses for refugees has increased in recent years, they still face significant barriers to accessing higher education. Young refugees are often unsure of what options are open to them and require help with applying to courses.
These workshops are designed to adapt to individual circumstances. Young people can take part in-person, remotely, or a mixture of both, and workshop modules can be integrated into existing programmes.
In 2022-2023, Theirworld’s support helped Mosaik to deliver workshops to 150 refugees aged 17-25 in Jordan and Lebanon. Theirworld also helped Mosaik pilot self-paced online workshops with a further 60 young refugees, which will ensure Mosaik can scale up, and reach a much larger number of refugees in the years to come.
In 2024 the project will Deliver Guidance Programme activities for 2,950 students in 2023-2024 in Lebanon, Jordan and expanding to Uganda. It will also strive to develop partnerships and operational models that transfer leadership to refugee youth groups and scale the Guidance Programme.
Theirworld will continue to support Mosaik Education in 2024 to scale their workshops.
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