What IS a Displaced Person
Our organization is specifically focused on providing affordable housing (as we define it) and job training for displaced persons. According to UNESCO, a displaced persons are "Persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters. This definition covers both internal and cross-border displacement." (https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/migrants-refugees-or-displaced-persons).
Our organization is specifically focused on providing affordable housing (as we define it) and job training for displaced persons. According to UNESCO, a displaced persons are "Persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters. This definition covers both internal and cross-border displacement." (https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/migrants-refugees-or-displaced-persons).