On Sept. 22, WU Foundation's Executive Director, Elizabeth Roscoe, attended a roundtable hosted by our partner @SavetheChildren to address the barriers that prevent youth from participating in the Green Economy. Learn more about the conversation here.
#education#greeneconomy
Last year, we announced #scholarships for 25 students through our #WUScholar program. Below is the story of Chinyere Onyeneke a recent Law graduate from Nigeria, who shares her experience to inspire the next generation of change makers to follow their passion.
#education
This year marks the renewal of our #ProjectFinishLine program, launched last year in partnership with Western Union’s Black Advisory Council, to support #BIPOC students in the U.S. studying at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in various STEM fields. Learn more here.
.@TheWUFoundation is partnering with global organizations to provide relief to the Afghan people and refugees in this difficult time, It also will support family reconnection through Restoring Family Links, a program designed to reconnect families separated during a crisis.
We are proud to have launched our #WUScholars program to provide #scholarships to international students that face daunting barriers to access. Learn more about the program here. @IIEglobal
We are honored to be recognized with the American Logistics Aid Network’s 2020 Humanitarian Logistics Award, for our disaster relief response efforts to the Kerala, India flooding with @save_children and @Unitedwayindia.
“The world is watching. It’s listening. It’s shifting. They’re looking to build a society that is more empathetic, more evolved, more dignified – more human.” We stand together with @forestwhitaker and @connectwpdi. https://t.co/SnfXJ8OYjK
We understand the importance of doing our small part to bring the global community together to combat this infectious disease which can endanger everyone equally, without regard for boundaries of geography, ethnicity or social class. https://t.co/TaPX7ydFZS
Unveiled @TheWUFoundation’s latest commitment to invest $15m to support forcibly displaced youth with skills to succeed in today’s increasingly digital economy at @ConcordiaSummit during @unga2019 with @SavetheChildren
We had the privilege to celebrate @connectwpdi youth peacemaker graduates & meet students in business, conflict resolution, & ICT training in #Tijuana#Mexico. We were impressed to see so many people creating positive #change in their communities.
Amazing evening with the incredible youth bringing peace and prosperity to their communities @ the Whitaker Peace and Development ‘Place for Peace’ Gala, New York
JUST IN: @RoscoeElizabeth announces @WesternUnion will commit $15 million to "helping forceably displaced young people to get the skills needed to succeed in this tech-driven economy."
#Concordia19#UNGA