Tech for education, humanitarian response and refugee support. Chief @UNHCR_Education. Copenhagen, Oxford, Nairobi. All views my own.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Joined October 2011
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Dr Becky Telford retweeted
Pleased to meet with Prof. Barbara Moser-Mercer of the African Higher Education in Emergencies Network. We discussed how to further increase access of refugee youth to higher education. Important work ahead towards the #15by30 agenda.
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Today, a delegation from @ProFuturo_ visited Mahama refugee camp and toured various educational facilities. They commended the harmonious way students from both refugee and host communities study together, showcasing refugee integration and assistance provided to them.
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
🔴Watch live from #GRF2023 !
#ECW's @YasmineSherif1, @Dev_Meeja, @LEGOFoundation, @UnicefEducation & more come together at the High-Level Event: 'Securing Sustainable Futures: Towards a Shared Responsibility to Uphold the Right to #Education'
💻us02web.zoom.us/j/8517898002…
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
#EducationCampus opening: Tory Clawson delivers insights into @save_children's work on #refugees education & #GRF2023. She concludes with a powerful message from a refugee boy in Iraq: "Leaders, let's work together to make sure every child has a good school & a happy life." 📚✨
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
“12 million girls marry before the age of 18 every year.“
Hamida Jahamah from @PlanInterJordan is speaking about the importance of ensuring young girls have access to education at the Global Refugee Forum’s Education Campus!
#GlobalRefugeeForum #EducationCampus
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
Live from #GRF's digital technologies & connected education session @eddiedutton presents some trends in digital learning opportunities for forcibly displaced learners, based on an upcoming report from @Refugees @EduCannotWait & @EiEGenevaHub
🔜Look out for the report in Q1 2024
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
Hon Awut Deng Acuil, the Minister of General Education and Instruction met Ms Laura Frigenti, the CEO of GPE, at the sideline of the UN SDG Summit. The Minister updated the GPE leadership of the progress. The meeting discussed strengthening the partnership.
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
Hon Awut Deng Acuil, the Minister of General Education and Instruction, met Mr Raouf Mazou, the Assistant Commissioner for UNCHR on the sideline of the UNGA's SDG summit. Both discussed current influx of refugees and returnees into the country and reiterated education support.
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
Access to education by children and youth 🌎 in crises areas remains a major issue .
Thank you 🇪🇺partners, @Refugees, @Dev_Meeja, @UNHCR_Education, @EU_Partnerships, @EduCannotWait, @YasmineSherif1 for stepping up
education in emergencies in the nexus perspective
#EIE2023
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
"#ECW works across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus to ensure no child is left behind. This translates into joint programming, development & assessment. We deliver together. That is the standard we're sitting w/our partners."~@YasmineSherif1 at @EU_echo Conference on #EiE
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
#ECW is proud to share learning from @HEAccelerator with @UNHCR_Education, resulting in #education initiatives for children in crises!
Learn more about the #HEA & access the 🆕 learning paper on financing scale in #EiE innovations: bit.ly/3D3Bo2F
#222MillionDreams✨📚
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
Passionate about supporting #refugee #education?
👇Great opportunity to join our team in Mauritania 🇲🇷 as Education Officer
@UNHCR_Education @UNHCRWestAfrica
☑️Demonstrated work experience in #educational programmes?
☑️Bachelor's degree in Education or Social Sciences?
☑️Fluent in #French?
@Refugees in #Mauritania seeks a UN Volunteer Associate Education Officer.
Apply by 23 January: bit.ly/3k9ZUsc
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
📣The more disfranchised refugees feel impacts their identify and fundamental right to hope. Education is a way we can act! This network is The 🌎Global Refugee Compact in action. #15by30 @FilippoGrandi @RefugeeEdu @EAA_Foundation @UNHCR_Education – at Rome, Lazio
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
Was a privilege to chair @UN @TransformingEdu #TeachersInCrisisContexts session for @INEEtweets, feat. @eduint Dep. Dir. @HolstHaldis, @UNHCR_Education’s Chief Rebecca Telford (@Dev_Meeja) & @MaryMaker10 @LEGOfoundation’s @WilmshurstEuan & @EduMinKenya’s Elyas Abdi (@jillaow)🧵 – at Brooklyn, NY
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In the spirit of #TransformingEducation, refugee students discussed why education should be inclusive🌟
Enjoy this video by refugee youth who couldn't be at the summit to raise their issues📚
@StudentRefugee @Refugees @RECforLearning @worldvision @TransformingEdu #RightToLearn
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
I met these amazing girls in Kakuma. They told me their 3 priorities - education, education and education. We will work jointly to ensure they can continue to pursue their education @UNHCR_Education @maniza_zaman
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
Really important update:
✅British Embassy has established a temporary consular presence in Przemyśł can provide initial consular assistance for those arriving in Southern Poland from Ukraine.
✅Should you need assistance you should call +22 311 0000. Phones are answered 24/7
🚨 Update on travel advice 🚨
Information on Polish reception points after crossing the border, travelling without travel documentation, and a UK consular presence in Przemysl.
bit.ly/3tfuLoe
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
Great to see real evidence showing #TheGraduationApproach leads to positive outcomes in uplifting participants from extreme poverty. #PovertyAlleviationCoalition @UNHCRLivelihood
7 years after participating in #TheGraduationApproach, participants were shown to have a 37% increase in income and 9x their original household savings.
Dr Becky Telford retweeted
Our colleagues at #EducationCannotWait, the #UN global fund for education in emergencies, are marking #EducationDay w/an announcement of $228 million in new funding from #Germany. This brings their Trust Fund to more than $1.1 billion. ~@UN_Spokesperson @StephDujarric @UN #SDG4📚
