Speexx partners with NetHope to facilitate refugees access to language training
Speexx, the global specialist in online corporate language training, is supporting NetHope’s Project Reconnect with a donation of Speexx language courses for refugee users, valued at €30,000 in total. Project Reconnect aims to help refugees in Germany rebuild their lives by facilitating access to education and information resources on the web.
With support from Google.org, NetHope donated Chromebook-grants to 50, non-profit organizations working with refugees in Germany.
These Project Reconnect grantees make the laptops available and accessible at public libraries, adult education centers, community and youth centers and other education facilities throughout Germany.
Vital components of the support program are vocational and language training. Speexx provides access to cloud-based language training courses. The training courses can be accessed by the individual learner to improve their knowledge of the German language, grammar and vocabulary and prepare for job interviews and on the job interactions.
Several Project Reconnect grantees have commenced introductions to the Speexx language program in order for them to fully support the learners during the initial stages of the program.
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About NETHOPE
NetHope empowers committed organizations to improve the world through the power of technology. NetHope, a consortium of 50-plus leading global nonprofits, unites with technology companies and funding partners to design, fund, implement, adapt, and scale innovative approaches to solve development, humanitarian, and conservation challenges. Together, the NetHope community strives to transform the world, building a platform of hope for those who receive aid and those who deliver it.
For more information on NetHope, please visit http://nethope.org.
For more information on Project Reconnect, please visit http://nethope.org/project/project-reconnect/.
For news and updates from Project Reconnect see http://reconnect.nethope.org/news
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Speexx helps large organizations anywhere in the world drive productivity by empowering employee communication skills across borders. Speexx offers a range of cloud-based online language learning solutions for Business English, Spanish, German, Italian and French with ongoing support in 13 languages. The Speexx branded *Perfect Blend* integrates online business communication skills training, mobile and social learning. 1,500 Native and expert coaches located throughout the world provide personalized, live online activities into one fully standardized, globally consistent learning experience. More than 8 million users in 1,500 organizations – including UNHCR, The Adecco Group, Saint-Gobain, Vodafone, Daimler and Credit Suisse – use Speexx to learn a language smarter and deliver results on time.
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