Giving Compass' Take:

• Skoll highlights a youth refugee crisis response organization called Humanity Crew, which provides mental health interventions and psychological aid to refugees along with education.

• What role do donors play in support refugee families and providing them with the basic necessities? 

• Here's another article on mentoring immigrant and refugee youth. 

There are more than 25 million people registered as refugees today, displaced by conflict, volatility, or climate change. Of this community, half are children under 18. Their lives have been disrupted and re-organized, often without adequate support. This can lead to trauma, isolation, and perhaps most overlooked, a profound gap in education and emotional development.

Global response to the refugee crisis has focused on food and shelter, with less than 3 percent of aid directed to education. The European Union recently announced plans to increase its education funding for refugee families, but its goal of 10 percent by the end of 2019 is just one step toward ensuring that refugee youth continue to grow and thrive.

Dr. Essam Daod of Humanity Crew summarized the imbalance at the 2019 Skoll World Forum by emphasizing the need for a shift in global mentality toward holistic care. “Mental health aid is not part of the immediate response,” said Daod. “But if we want to save humans, we have to save their souls—S.O.S. means save our souls, not save our bodies.”

Read the full article about this youth refugee crisis response by Annah Mason at Skoll.