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Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (National Chamber of Italian Fashion or CNMI) and Mygrants launched a project—called the ‘Fashion Deserves the World’—that is part of the prestigious schedule of events of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), forcibly displaced communities and stateless people, on the World Refugee Day on June 20.
Mygrants, an innovative startup and B Corp established and led by Christian Richmond Nzi, offers refugees and migrants a wide range of micro-learning programmes in three languages aimed at updating and strengthening their skills to facilitate their placement.
Through this project, both organisations will guarantee 15 young refugees and migrants keen to work in the fashion and textile sector the chance to have access to a series of free educational services covering different aspects of the industry, a press release from CNMI said.
The project aims to facilitate the integration within creative and industrial companies of new international talents that can bring their own peculiar contribution to the progress of the fashion industry. It addresses migrants and refugees that have a good knowledge of the Italian language and are keen to work in this sector.
The applications will be screened by Mygrants and then they will be submitted to CNMI. Once the 15 finalists are selected, CNMI will kick off a series of digital training sessions, scheduled between the end of December 2021 and the beginning of January 2022, where participants will have the chance to explore different topics, spanning from materials and manufacturing techniques to distribution, communication and sustainability.
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Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (National Chamber of Itaslian Fashion or CNMI) and Mygrants launched a project—called the 'Fashion Deserves the World'—that is part of the prestigious schedule of events of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), forcibly displaced communities and stateless people, on the World Refugee Day on June 20.