Multinational companies to hire 250,000 refugees

 

Multinational companies to hire 250,000 refugees  

The number of refugees is increasing around the world. Many people are fleeing their countries because of bloodshed; others because they are unsafe in their homeland. They all want to find a new life in a safe country. Multinational companies will help around 250,000 refugees. They will give them a job. The companies made this offer on World Refugee Day. Adidas, Amazon, Pepsi and Starbucks are some of the more than 40 corporations who will help displaced people over the next three years. Kelly Clements, the U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, was happy about this news. She said: "The commitments that businesses are going to make are absolutely essential."

Kelly Clements said more than 110 million people have been displaced worldwide. Around 12 million of these are from Ukraine. More than 6.8 million have fled Syria and 5.7 million have left Afghanistan. Ms Kelly said: "Every number is a story of an individual family who left everything, seeking safety, seeking protection and wanting to be able to rebuild." An Amazon spokesperson explained why hiring refugees would benefit the company. He said: "This is good for us as a company because the opportunity to add diversity to our workforce will continue to make us a stronger company." He added that: "Diversity brings innovation, creativity and different points of view."

1. JOBS: Students A strongly believe companies should help refugees by giving them jobs; Students B strongly believe the opposite. 
2. MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES: What do you know about these companies? Do you like them? Why or why not? Complete this table . 

	What I Know	Like?	Why (Not)?
Amazon
Pepsi
Starbucks
Apple
Seat
Nintendo Honest Greens

3.Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

1.	fleeing	a.	Giving 100% of your effort to a cause, activity, plan, etc.
2.	bloodshed	b.	A situation in which different countries or different groups in a country are fighting each other.
3.	offer	c.	A large company.
4.	corporation	d.	Running away from a place or situation of danger.
5.	displaced	e.	Very, very, very important.
6.	commitment	f.	Present something for someone to say yes or no to accepting.
7.	essential	g.	Force to leave one's home because of war, a lack of safety, or natural disaster.

    Paragraph 2

8.	individual	h.	A positive thing you get from something or from doing something.
9.	seeking	i.	The action of keeping something or someone safe.
10.	protection	j.	The action or process of creating new ideas and products.
11.	benefit	k.	Single; separate.
12.	diversity	l.	Looking for.
13.	innovation	m.	A way of thinking.
14.	point of view	n.	The state of having many differences.

 

4. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. increasing
2. fleeing
3. safe
4. corporations
5. essential
6. worldwide
7. individual
8. seeking
9. diversity
10. points of view

1. secure
2. necessary
3. single
4. variety
5. companies
6. going up
7. opinions
8. globally
9. escaping
10. looking for

5.Role play

Role  A – Food You think food is the thing people would miss most about leaving their country. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why people wouldn't miss their things as much. Also, tell the others which is the least "missable" of these (and why):

Role  B – Neighbours You think neighbours are the thing people would miss most about leaving their country. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why people wouldn't miss their things as much. Also, tell the others which is the least "missable" of these (and why):

Role  C – Television You think television is the thing people would miss most about leaving their country. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why people wouldn't miss their things as much. Also, tell the others which is the least "missable" of these (and why):

Role  D – The Countryside You think the countryside is the thing people would miss most about leaving their country. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why people wouldn't miss their things as much. Also, tell the others which is the least "missable" of these (and why):   Role E-- Something not on the list 6.QUESTION: If you had to be a refugee in another country, what country would that be and why ? 7.Question : What are the things about your country that encourages or discourages people to immigrate to? ·    ·

8.Discussion - Refugees

1. Why are there so many refugees?
2. How can we help the countries refugees are fleeing?
3. What should we do on World Refugee Day?
4. How safe do you feel in your country?
5. How can multinational companies help refugees?
6. Why are multinational companies helping refugees?
7. How can you help refugees?
8. When will there be no more refugees in the world?

11. How would you feel if you were displaced?
12. What does your country do to help refugees?
13. What should your country do to help refugees?
14. What would you do if you were a refugee?
15. What three adjectives best describe this story?
16. How important is diversity?
17. What questions would you like to ask a refugee?