Tag: Ukrainian refugees

CORE and Mastercard Partner to Provide Cash Assistance Program for Ukrainian Refugees

Stuart Mitchell

Crisis response nonprofit CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) has launched a Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Cash Assistance Program in partnership with Mastercard, EML, the Stichting Giustra International Foundation, Tommy Humphreys and the Parker Foundation. The program will provide digital cash assistance directly to Ukrainian refugees, empowering families to choose how to cover basic needs and safely relocate on their own terms.   With nearly 5 million people displaced, humanitarian aid is urgently needed, and CORE and Mastercard have combined resources to develop a flexible cash assistance program in the form of prepaid…

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Asda launches employment support package for Ukrainian refugees

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has announced it will offer Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK a guaranteed job interview and provide specialist support to those who are recruited as Asda colleagues. The supermarket currently has around 1,500 salaried and hourly-paid roles available in its stores, warehouses and within its sourcing and procurement arm IPL and would welcome applications from Ukrainian refugees to fill these roles. Asda has also confirmed that it will make a colleague discount card and access to wellbeing support services immediately available to any Ukrainian refugees joining the business, with…

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