Catch Up with RET (No. 13)

Hello readers, and welcome back to Catch Up with RET! In this newsletter, we highlight stories from our teams around the world. ??

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In Brief

• ???? Are you our next Communications Officer? RET Belize is adding to its team, and the position will closely work with the Project Officer to ensure that the activities delivered under the Shelter for Adequate Functioning for and Effective Response to Human Trafficking in Belize (SAFE Belize) Project are timely, cost efficient and of high quality. Interested? Apply here.
• ???? We're driving progress in Mali by teaming up with local NGO REFOR to provide vocation training for vulnerable youth, especially girls and young women. See what we're doing at one center in Segou to enhance livelihoods, peaceful relations, and economic cooperation among communities.
• ???? On Good Deeds Day in April, RET Panama in partnership with Cadena Panamá, brought together women, children, adolescents and young migrants and refugees in Panama City to distribute education materials (featured photo). Read more about the event here.

Longer Reads

• ???? Bitakwila Prince reflects on the transformative journey he’s undergone since 2002 in the bustling Kinama Camp in Burundi, through one of RET's programs that has promoted computer literacy and better access to information. Read his inspiring story here.
• ???? In Lebanon and in partnership with local NGO Gate Lebanon and the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI), we're bolstering the resilience and fostering peaceful coexistence between Lebanese communities and Syrian refugees through an initiative focused on improving income generation in the agricultural and food production sectors. Read more here.

Did you know?

• ???? We've been active in Mauritania since 2019, working in the Mbera camp to directly impact the lives of tens of thousands through education, protection, and peace projects, among other initiatives. Want to know more? Read the country profile here.

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