{"id":223786,"date":"2022-05-26T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/?p=223786"},"modified":"2023-03-08T13:59:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T18:59:53","slug":"corporate-social-responsibility-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/learn\/corporate-social-responsibility-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"How Companies Can Help The New Children Of War"},"content":{"rendered":"

There were two children who began their lives in refugee camps and experienced war along the Russian border. The sound of bombs and shooting was persistent. The story is not too different from what you\u2019ve probably seen on Facebook recently\u2014kids caught up in the chaos of war.<\/p>\n

Those two kids were my parents. <\/p>\n

Decades later, I work for an organization that supports refugees along the border with Russia amid another war. I think about how my mom can\u2019t listen to fireworks because of the memories they evoke, and I now watch as a new generation of children learns that fear. I think about my grandfather who was taken from his home in Latvia to a labor camp deep inside Russia, and I worry about the families of captured Ukrainians who can relate. <\/p>\n

So working to give people from difficult circumstances a better life is the most meaningful thing I can do. I help businesses direct their money and philanthropic energy to the local groups on the ground\u2014from Eastern Europe to southern Africa\u2014that can do the most good. <\/p>\n

Speaking out on social issues is an important step for today\u2019s companies. And so is offering direct support for the families fleeing war, disaster, and other challenges and arriving here. You need to let them know that this country, and your company, welcome them. <\/p>\n

How can corporate leaders support new immigrants?<\/h4>\n

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