Our second online information session on the British Education system was held on Wednesday 21 October 2020 at 7:00 pm. It addressed the topic of alternative education routes like B-TECs, T-LEVELs, Apprenticeships, and NVQs.
Our online information session on the British Education system was held on Wednesday 14 October 2020 at 7:00 pm.
Broadcast over Zoom and live via our page on Facebook, the session attracted a large number of attendees of about 60 people.
Rethink Rebuild Society acknowledges that there are fundamental problems within the UK asylum system but expresses great concern that Home Secretary Priti Patel’s pledge to reform the system will negatively impact the lives of asylum seekers in the UK and abroad.
While Rethink Rebuild Society acknowledges and appreciates the committed work of the UNHCR and their efforts to help Syrians everywhere, including those under the control of the regime, statements regarding a recent trip to East Ghouta made by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi are giving a false impression that Syria is safe to return to.
On Monday 28 September, RR hosted an online course about coding in Arabic for youths coming from a refugee background.
The course was titled "Coding 4 Beginners" and was delivered by Khoulod Ghanem, an Electrical Engineer & Founder of "Kids&Codes" Coding Courses.
On Thursday 24 September 2020, RR participated in an online session exploring the main findings of Ageing Equally programme. Funded by Ambition for Ageing, the aim of the programme was to find out what makes a good place in which to grow older for people who belong to minority communities.
Rethink Rebuild Society (RR) utterly condemns a recent decree signed by the Syrian regime on 8 July 2020 that requires returning Syrians to exchange US $100 or other Central Bank permitted hard currencies into Syrian local currency Lira. Syrian exchanged money loses over 70% of its value in line with customs and aviation authorities’ rates.
On Thursday 23 July 2020 we hosted a webinar dedicated to the entrepreneur “Elon Musk”, founder of Tesla, SpaceX and Solar city and other innovative projects. The webinar which was delivered by Dr Firas Miro, highlighted the biography of Musk and how he has changed the world we live in and what lessons we can learn from his invaluable experience.
On Wednesday 17 June 2020, Rethink Rebuild Society participated in a live webinar dedicated to the Refugee Week, whose theme for this year is “imagine”.
On Monday 18 May 2020, RR hosted the 9th episode of virtual talks on its Facebook page. The talk was about food habits during the month of Ramadan, and it was delivered by Dr Abdul Mannan Fadel, a Senior Lecturer at the Liverpool John Moores University.