In 2023, more than 110 million people have been forced to flee their homes and become refugees due to geopolitical crises (UNHCR data May 2023). In addition, the UN forecasts that 280 million people will become refugees by 2050 due to our climate crisis.
People living in refugee camps stay there for 17 years on average, but only 1% to 3% have access to higher education.
We created CHAMS, a startup NGO, to bring tech education and employment to refugee host zones.
You can help us to build a better world!
> OUR VISION:
Shape a world where local communities and refugees work together to create sustainable economic growth in host countries
> OUR MISSION:
Create highly employable tech talent and inspired entrepreneurs in refugee areas through innovative tech education
> WE BELIEVE TECH EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAN CREATE BRIDGES FOR REFUGEES TOWARD INTEGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP.
ZAATARI CAMP, MAFRAQ, JORDAN
.WHAT
WE.DO
CHAMS is a non-profit startup that builds and operates coding schools and entrepreneurship bootcamps, in and near refugee camps. We partner with local and international stakeholders in refugee host countries.
We design innovative peer-to-peer tech education solutions to train highly employable tech talent in cohorts of 30 to 300 students.
We have launched our initial phase in Jordan and Kenya.
Our ambition is to train 10,000 students by 2030, in these and other refugee host countries.
> IN JULY 2019, WE OPENED OUR FIRST SCHOOL IN MAFRAQ, JORDAN, NEAR THE ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP
COHORT N°1 ZAATARI SCHOOL, MAFRAQ, JORDAN
IN.THE
.FUTURE.
We want CHAMS to be the "Doctors Without Borders" of tech education, and train thousands of talented young people to become the rising stars of the global tech community!
Locations :
THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
OUR.
FIRST.ACTION
In partnership with the UNHCR, JOHUD, Al al-Bayt and Simplon, we opened our first school in Mafraq, near the largest refugee camp in the Middle East: Zaatari Refugee Camp.
We commit to mixing people from underprivileged local communities and refugees in our training programs, to foster a creative community of bold young men and women who want to be a force for positive change in their communities. The first cohort is 50/50 Jordanians and Syrian refugees, and 50/50 men/women.
We're currently training them to be full-stack junior web developers. At the end of the initial curriculum, they'll intern with startups and partner companies, either locally or remotely. Then, they'll be ready to enter the job market!
42 Amman 1st cohort launch event
A magnificent event was organized by 42 Amman with all the project's strategic partners! It was an authentic occasion to meet up with our 158 students and young people, including refugees. 🥳🥳🌍🐝
42 Amman launching
A visit from the 42 Amman team just before the first 'piscine' pre-selection! Very happy to see such cohesion and motivation. 🪢 💪
AWS re/Start and CHAMS launch the 3rd cohort
Amazon Web Services (AWS) re/start and CHAMS launch the 3rd cohort in Amman: 34students, #Iraqis, #Yemenis, #Sudanese
#refugees, and #Jordanians. 🌍 They began today the 18th of december for 3 months of blended learning.
Soft skills is strategic training for students in the 21th century! what a chance to have Sophie Dermaux for our 2nd and 3rd cohorts to train them all Soft skills technics in terms of interviews for recruitment and other substantials onboarding attitude in corporate
> NEWS <
> THE TEAM <
SOFIANE AMMAR
FOUNDER OF CHAMS
BASHAR QAYUME
LEAD TEACHER (AMMAN)
JEAN-FELIX DE LA VILLE BAUGE
HUMANITARIAN EXPERT
ANTOINE MEUNIER
GENERAL SECRETARY
HALA Y. OBEIDAT
SOFT SKILLS EXPERT
MAKHTAR N'DIAYE
MARKETING PROGRAM MANAGER
YOHANN DUPASQUIER
VICE PRESIDENT
JULIE THINÈS
FINANCE
> THE AMBASSADORS <
ALISTAIR CROLL
ENTREPRENEUR & VISITING EXECUTIVE AT HARVARD SCHOOL
RÉZA MALEKZADEH
GENERAL PARTNER AT PARTECH
KARIM TOUBBA
CEO AT KENNA SECURITY ACQUIRED OCT 2021 BY CISCO
PATRICK ROBIN
CO PRESIDENT AVOLTA PARTNERS
ALICE ZAGURY
THE FAMILY FOUNDER
PASHÛ CHRISTENSEN
AUDIENCE MARKETING MANAGER AT THECAMP
NAJAT VALLAUD BELKACEM
FORMER FRENCH EDUCATION MINISTER AND GENERAL MANAGER AT IPSOS
MARCEL DRIDJE
PRESIDENT EMIRETUS
SOPHIA BUISNESS ANGELS
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