Refoodee
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| Non-profit organization | |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founder | Whitney Noelle, Damian Mogavero |
Area served | United States of America |
| Website | https://www.refoodee.com |
Refoodee, founded in 2019, is a non profit organization that works towards empowering refugees through the economic empowerment of the hospitality industry.[1][2]
History
Whitney Noelle and Damian Mogavero founded Refoodee as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 2019. Refoodee was established to aid refugees in reconstructing their lives in the United States. Refoodee provides training and employment opportunities to refugees to help them become economically stable. The organization helps solve a humanitarian crisis and the hospitality industry’s labor shortage. Refoodee has partnered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). On June 20, 2019, at the United Nations Headquarters on World Refugee Day, Refoodee and the UNHCR launched the Refoodee Flight, a specialty line of Counter Culture coffee that highlights the intersection of coffee production and forced displacement.[3][4] It aims to provide industry-specific knowledge, technical, language, and soft skills to refugees and asylum seekers, facilitating their integration into the host society and promoting cultural exchange and social cohesion.
The Good Beginning platform features Refoodee as a charitable cause, receiving donations and support from its network of couples.
Work
Refoodee empowers refugees to become economically independent by helping them to secure stable employment. Refoodee works with the International Rescue Committee to help provide refugees and asylees with training and mentorship throughout the hospitality industry.[5][6]
Funding
Funds raised from Refoodee and the UNHCR’s Refoodee Flight are used to train and employ refugees as baristas throughout the United States.[7][8][9]
Recognition
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a partner of Refoodee as they share a common vision of helping refugees in their evolution and resettlement. They both work collaboratively to ensure that every person has the right to seek employment and settle happily in their new locations.[10]
Refernces
- ↑ Cadwalader, Zac (2019-06-10). "There's A New Training Program To Prepare Refugees For Jobs In Coffee". Sprudge. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ "Talent awards for 'Reframe' and 'Refugee Wifi'". What Design Can Do. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ "Refoodee - Donate on ALMA". ALMA. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ "Refoodee". unhcrstaging.spigit.com. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ "Behance". www.behance.net. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ "Refugee Creator Festival 2019". refugeecreatorfestival2019.splashthat.com. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Live Blog: World Refugee Day is held amid record displacement". UNHCR. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ Niedzwiadek, Nick; Durkin, Erin; Lippman, Daniel. "Senate passes landmark climate bill — Caban gets NYT endorsement — NYCHA's $400k man". POLITICO. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ Upadhyaya, Kayla Kumari (2019-06-18). "Beloved Bookstore McNally Jackson Will Add a Bar to Upcoming Seaport Location". Eater NY. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ "Eventful: Refoodee Coffee Cupping". Eventful. Retrieved 2019-12-02.