There is no link between COVID19 and a person’s nationality or ethnicity. In fact, in many contexts, persons who migrate are in good health and form a critical part of national communities, including health-care systems. - Dr. Aleksandar Arnikov, Regional Migration Health Specialist for the Americas

Since the spread of the Coronavirus, as soon as someone coughs or catches a cold, people distance themselves from that person. So when someone catches a cold or the coronavirus, the person is shunned and so they feel isolated, which makes them feel lonely. To fight such stigmatization, an advisory was sent to IOM staff about the modes of transmission of the virus. To protect ourselves while…

The Office of Diaspora Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Grenada, with the support of IOM, hosts a consultation aimed at initiating dialogue and exploring new opportunities, challenges, lessons learnt, and best practices on how proactive diaspora engagement can contribute to the development of Caribbean countries.

  We firmly believe that diaspora can contribute in a unique way to the development of their countries of origin through knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship. This is a promotion video to showcase IOM’s experience with our CD4D and ED4D projects. Through our projects we support the development of targeted sectors in selected countries. We do this by engaging experts from the…

IOM Sierra Leone launched Diaspora Agribusiness, to utilize SL Diaspora for country development through investment.  Sierra Leone is the time of development phase, but almost all of business sectors faces funding resources. IOM try to utilize Diaspora for encouraging remittance/ investment to home country. The panel consisted  a mix of actors in the open data and technology for the agriculture…

IOM Sierra Leone launched Diaspora Agribusiness, to utilize SL Diaspora for country development through investment.  Sierra Leone is the time of development phase, but almost all of business sectors faces funding resources. IOM try to utilize Diaspora for encouraging remittance/ investment to home country. This panel was made up of a mix of actors in the private financial investment sector,…

IOM Sierra Leone launched Diaspora Agribusiness, to utilize SL Diaspora for country development through investment.  Sierra Leone is the time of development phase, but almost all of business sectors faces funding resources. IOM try to utilize Diaspora for encouraging remittance/ investment to home country. This panel was made up of representatives of key international development sector actors…

IOM Sierra Leone launched Diaspora Agribusiness, to utilize SL Diaspora for country development through investment.  Sierra Leone is the time of development phase, but almost all of business sectors faces funding resources. IOM try to utilize Diaspora for encouraging remittance/ investment to home country. The panelist was made up of actors in the storage, logistics and export sectors. The…

IOM Sierra Leone launched Diaspora Agribusiness, to utilize SL Diaspora for country development through investment.  Sierra Leone is the time of development phase, but almost all of business sectors faces funding resources. IOM try to utilize Diaspora for encouraging remittance/ investment to home country. The panel was a mix of representatives from key GoSL ministries and agencies, local…

IOM Sierra Leone launched Diaspora Agribusiness, to utilize SL Diaspora for country development through investment.  Sierra Leone is the time of development phase, but almost all of business sectors faces funding resources. IOM try to utilize Diaspora for encouraging remittance/ investment to home country.  Mr.Nanoh set out that the mandate of SleCAD which is  to provide support to bring actors…