Aba strives to use his own experience as a refugee to help our students forge their own paths forward. He focuses on trust and respect and encourages our students to learn with and from each other.

Many programs that provide for refugee education fail to make it past the pilot stage. The lack of incentive to replicate a program at scale and the inability to measure tangible success halt successful programs in their tracks and refugee youth are the ones who pay the price.

After escaping conflict and violence, many refugees are unable to attend traditional school for years. NGOs and program leaders must devise innovative ways of providing accessible, portable, creative education to those affected by displacement.

Charlie Grosso talks with We are for Good hosts about the founding of Hello Future, the importance of digital literacy, and the current state of refugees around the world. They discuss the ways Hello Future is transforming the refugee experience through opportunities, education, and sense of purpose.

STEM education has been heralded as the education of the future. In the context of refugee education, this means pushing science and technology on vulnerable youth instead of teaching them a wide range of soft and hard skills to prepare them for their future. This has implications for individuals and communities at large, as groups of students are graduating with a niche set of skills only useful in specific contexts.

The MIT Migration Summit focuses on education and workforce development in the face of displacement. As part of the program. Hello Future will present a participatory design workshop and journey mapping from the lens of refugee teens on April 25 & 26.

On April 8th at 9am EST, we will host a Skoll Ecosystem event, Preventing a Lost Generation: Refugee Teens & 21st Century Economy. The event will focus on the themes of this year’s conference including progress, advancing global solutions, and moving past hardship.

Listen to two students who participated in our summer camp discuss their diverse backgrounds, experience with Hello Future, and the way the camp shifted their mindset.

Hello Future founder, Charlie Grosso, discusses the ways her upbringing impact her commitment to refugee youth with Steven More host of Seeds Podcast. They explore ways to bridge the gaps in humanitarian work and focus on the good.

Report highlights the adaptability of our students’ digital literacy skills throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Listen to Charlie Grosso discuss the experience of alienation and the ways it may further impact refugee youth.

Charlie Grosso featured on panel of successful female founders who forged their own paths in the business world.

Charlie Grosso discusses the human experience, resiliency, and social impact with Elaine Miller-Karas on “Resiliency Within” podcast. They discuss empathy and vulnerability as they relate to refugee teenagers.

Refugees suffer from a lack of educational opportunities. After escaping violence in their home, education is rarely prioritized above safety. Refugees who are lucky enough to find a new school are taught a different curriculum in a different language with a new set of academic expectations. These unique circumstances set the stage for the majority of refugee education.

Hamrin is always eager in the classroom, creative with her artwork, and driven to become an entrepreneur in the future. Her presence encourages her peers to work harder and believe in themselves.

Ayend has the same hobbies as most teenage boys: gaming, reading, and watching his favorite shows. He is also a refugee. Through our courses, Ayend grasped an understanding of the internet and used it to find college scholarships.

Helin was only 10 years old when she, her four siblings, and her parents fled their home in Hasakah, Syria. Since joining our program in 2016, she built her confidence and developed a strong competitive edge.

As a parent, you want to raise your children to become caring, kind, empathetic people who make a positive impact on the world and the people around them. You also want to protect your childhood from the ugliness of the world for as long as possible. How do you do both? How do you discuss the hard truths, tragedies, and crimes against humanity?

An essential but often overlooked skill is financial literacy. Farnoosh and Charlie talk about why it is imperative for us to prioritize financial literacy education for all.

Hello Future is Charlie’s 6th venture and it was somewhat an unexpected career turn. Robyn digs into her journey from glossy advertising photographer to starting an education non-profit for refugee teens in the Middle East.