
How to tap the talents of refugees – one student at a time
Taking direct action to put excluded people in education and work will benefit both them and the world economy.
Lorna Solis is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Rose Compass. Prior to founding Blue Rose Compass, Lorna was Director for Latin America and Africa at Institutional Investor. She also worked at IDEA on Wall Street covering Latin America, and at Water & Air Research, an environmental consulting firm on creating National Parks in Honduras and Brazil. Lorna is a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum, a Global Agenda Council Member on Women’s Empowerment and Gender Parity, a 2012 Echoing Green Semi-Finalist, an Organizational Partner of Global Dignity Day, a UNHCR Innovation Council Board Member and an Advisory Board Member of the Humanitarian Innovation Project at the University of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre.
Taking direct action to put excluded people in education and work will benefit both them and the world economy.
Imagine a museum of refugees, the schoolchildren of the future astonished at our cruelty.
Having become refugees, kids face tremendous challenges in completing their education. What are the barriers – and what can we do to help?