Today is Giving Tuesday

Each year on 30 November, Giving Tuesday presents people with an opportunity to give their voice, time, and money to support causes they believe in; a worldwide celebration of generosity!

This year, Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) - the first organization in the world to focus on opening up skilled migration pathways for displaced people - is calling on our friends and supporters to make a special donation to enable us to scale up our work in 2022.

You can donate to our Giving Tuesday appeal here →

Building on our success

So far, TBB has convinced the governments of Canada, Australia, and the UK to establish skilled migration schemes that will enable more than 950 skilled refugees to access work visas for themselves and their families in those countries, providing durable solutions for thousands of people in the years to come.

In addition, we recently launched operations in the US, working with the government and partners to begin cataloging the professional skills of Afghan evacuees in the US and exploring skilled migration pathways for other skilled refugees outside of the country.

Through TBB, employers can now access a growing ‘Talent Catalog’ of almost 40,000 refugees with the skills and experience to take on roles that are hard to fill in local markets. Every day, more and more employers are reaching out to us, wanting to hire from this unique talent pool.

Changing the narrative on refugees

Members of the refugee communities we serve have emphasized how important it is to them to be valued for their talents and abilities rather than being seen only through the lens of vulnerability. “I am a refugee, like everyone around me” says Suliman, a Syrian lawyer and refugee in Lebanon. “[But] if you go on a work visa, it tells you: ‘You’re a doctor; You’re a teacher.’ You have value. Your skills are needed”.

TBB program beneficiary, Mohammed Hakmi - a Software Engineer and Syrian refugee now living and working in Canada - attests to the transformational impact of being free to work in his chosen profession “When the crisis [in Syria] started, all my dreams were destroyed. My dreams are relaunched now” says Mohammed.

“I’m very optimistic for my new life. From now on, I can start building my future and enhance my skills and become a productive person in society.”

Your gift will help us transform more lives

Make a donation on Giving Tuesday →

Traditional refugee resettlement is essential, but available to less than half a percent of the world’s refugees each year. Opening skilled migration pathways to refugees creates an additional pathway via which people can transcend displacement, and TBB estimates it could allow more than four million people to achieve security and self-sufficiency over the coming decades.

The result is win-win: for refugees and their families, for employers and communities, and for under-resourced refugee host countries.

But funds are needed to scale this approach. That’s why we’re asking people to support this initiative by making a donation on Giving Tuesday.

With the necessary support, we hope to open a new, skill-based pathway to the US for refugees around the world, relocate 500 skilled refugees and their family members to Canada, and significantly scale up our outreach to skilled refugees globally.

You can make a donation to TBB’s Giving Tuesday appeal at: talentbeyondboundaries.org/GivingTuesday