This month, students from the USCRI RECIBE Committee at the UDEM delivered this month’s donations to the Casanicolás shelter as part of their permanent campaign to support forcibly displaced people in their city. On this occasion, they were able to collect and deliver 100 articles of clothing, a pair of tennis shoes, and five packages […]
Category: International Offices
Fourth Student Committee Meeting
The fourth Student Committee meeting – or “Claustro” – was held on March 21st and 22nd in our home city of Aguascalientes. We were pleased to receive 11 intelligent, empathetic, and affable representatives from seven of our partner universities. The primary objective of this Claustro was to create a space for our attendees to train […]
REDII: Capacity Training and New Employment Opportunities for Kenia and Karla
With the support of USCRI, two young people, Kenia and Karla, have undergone vocational training in El Salvador. Kenia graduated from the “Entrepreneurship Incubation Program” taught by the Salvadoran Red Cross in Chalatenango. Through this program, she developed an original business model for selling typical snacks in her community. Meanwhile, in San Salvador, Karla has […]
Programa REDII: Capacitación y oportunidad de empleo para Kenia y Karla
Con el apoyo de la USCRI, dos jóvenes, Kenia Quintanilla y Karla Alemán, han recibido formación profesional en El Salvador. Kenia se graduó del «Programa de Incubación de Emprendimientos» impartido por la Cruz Roja Salvadoreña en Chalatenango. A través de este programa, desarrolló un original modelo de negocio para la venta de bocadillos típicos de […]
4° Claustro de la Red de Comités para la Integración y Bienvenida
El Cuarto Claustro de Comités, llevado a cabo los días 21 y 22 de marzo, tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Aguascalientes, con la participación de 11 representantes de los Comités Estudiantiles de siete universidades aliadas. El principal objetivo del Claustro fue crear espacios de capacitación y vinculación entre los asistentes, todo esto con la […]
Campaña de donación del Comité UDEM en el albergue Casanicolás
Este mes, estudiantes del Comité RECIBE de USCRI en la Universidad de Monterrey realizaron una nueva entrega de donativos como parte de su campaña permanente de apoyo a personas en situación de movilidad. En esta ocasión, lograron reunir y entregar 100 prendas de ropa, un par de tenis y cinco paquetes de toallas femeninas, gracias […]
A Haunting Reality: My Visit to Kakuma Refugee Camp
I once believed that my work in Osire refugee camp in Namibia had prepared me for anything. But nothing could have readied me for the dark reality I encountered during my visit to Kakuma earlier this year. What I witnessed was not just hardship; it was a haunting reminder of the world’s failure to protect […]
USCRI Tijuana – Reinstating Visitor’s Card for Humanitarian Reasons
In 2023, the National Institute of Migration took the decision to suspend the issuance of Visitor’s Cards for Humanitarian Reasons; this eventually resulted in a failure to comply with its legal obligations and, therefore, in the constant and repeated violation of the Human Rights of the applicants. This identification document is essential for the population […]
IRAP and USCRI
A collaboration between USCRI and IRAP (International Refugee Assistance Project) began at the end of February with the objective of strengthening academic research on the relationship between climate change and forced migration. This collaboration will allow for the collection of qualitative and quantitative data on the impact of climate change on migratory travel in the […]
Updates from USCRI El Salvador
The Chalatenango office was able to place a young returnee in a job after completing a three-month agreement between USCRI and a well-known company in the restaurant sector. She now has a permanent job in a customer service position. In San Salvador, four women returnees have benefited from different projects, two young women started […]
