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CONTINUED LEARNING IN EMERGENCIES
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) estimates one in 113 people is now an
asylum seeker, a displaced person, or a refugee. These
individuals have had their educations and careers
fully uprooted. Being able to continue learning provides
vital continuity, hope, and skills that enable them to
contribute in an evolving digital workforce.
Working with UNHCR and other partners, we
are establishing six new HP Learning Studios
in the Middle East focused on enabling
refugee youths to learn in-demand skills to
enhance their employment opportunities. In
September 2017—in partnership with UNHCR,
InZone and CARE—we opened two of the
three Learning Studios in Jordan at the Azraq
Refugee Camp and in Amman. A third will
open at the town community of Azraq, and
three more are planned for Lebanon.
HP is partnering with the Clooney Foundation for
Justice (CFJ), UNICEF and Google.org to improve
educational opportunities and learning outcomes for
underserved communities in Lebanon. Through this
unique partnership, new technology is being used in
nine public schools across Lebanon and will reach about
3,500 Syrian refugee students, as well as thousands of
Lebanese students and teachers as the program is now
deployed for its first full school year. The nine schools
often serve Lebanese learners in the morning, and then
operate a “second shift” to serve Syrian students. HP
is providing laptops, teacher training, and curriculum
planning support, enabling new ways of learning for
not just the students who attend second shifts in the
afternoon, but for all of the students in each of the
nine schools.
MEETING STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE
To achieve our vision of creating a better life for
everyone everywhere, we must close the divide that
separates unserved and underserved populations from
opportunity. Children living in areas without Internet
or other technology access will compete against digital
natives in the workforce.
In India, a country where 41 percent of children drop out
before completing upper primary school, HP World on
Wheels mobile learning labs bring digital literacy and
common public services to isolated and disadvantaged
people. Over the next six years, HP World on Wheels
mobile learning labs will serve about 6,400 Indian
villages, impacting an estimated 15 million people.
DRIVING A BUSINESS IMPERATIVE
Reinventing learning to improve outcomes is a virtuous
cycle. It tackles a primary cause of economic and
social inequality. Making education more accessible
and effective helps people get better jobs, launch small
businesses and create opportunities for their families
and communities.
It’s imperative that we prepare our future leaders. To
that end, HP is aligning our Sustainable Impact agenda
with our business priorities to improve lives, build an
adaptable workforce and fuel a growing marketplace for
HP products while strengthening our brand.
Learn more at www.hp.com/sustainableimpact
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