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This platform pairs up language learners with refugee teachers

Want to boost your language skills? This platform offers access to an array of teachers, tutors and translators. They just happen to be refugees. Here, co-founder and CEO Aline Sara explains the simple premise behind social enterprise NaTakallam, which allows displaced people to share their native expertise online and earn a decent wage while they rebuild their lives. Aline Sara is a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2025. The Schwab Foundation For Social Entrepreneurship champions outstanding models of social innovation from around the world.

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