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August 26, 2025
Kiron celebrates a decade of impact

Berlin, Germany – This year, Kiron marks its tenth anniversary, celebrating a decade of creating pathways to education and opportunity for refugees and displaced people worldwide. Since 2015, Kiron has reached more than 175,000 learners from 160 countries with free, high-quality education and skills training.

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April 30, 2019
Transform through education: Rania's story

Rania is one of our students who took part in these “offline” events in Germany. Rania was a journalist and activist from Egypt.

Projects insights
March 22, 2019
Meet Atosa

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March 20, 2019
Meet Rania

Kiron gives hope to students who haven’t had an equal opportunity to continue their educational path because of many reasons. - Rania

March 15, 2019
Meet Nyima

I want to finish my course on political science with Kiron and be able to transfer to an offline university. My learning goal is to get a degree in the area of my interest, political science.

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March 13, 2019
Meet Mayss

With Kiron, I don’t have to travel abroad to get an education from the best universities in the world.

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March 7, 2019
Meet Sajida

Sajida wants to advance my knowledge through attending computer science courses and I want to start studying in a German university.

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March 7, 2019
VW professional guidance program

The Volkswagen Professional Guidance Program constitutes one part of the ongoing collaboration between Kiron and Volkswagen, which aims to foster exchange between refugee students and Volkswagen employees.

February 14, 2019
Höhere Chancen für internationale Studierende durch digitale Studienvorbereitung

Im Rahmen des Verbundvorhabens IMPactDigital entwickelt Kiron gemeinsam mit Partnern innovative digitale Maßnahmen, um den Studienerfolg von internationalen Studierenden in Deutschland zu verbessern. Das Projekt wird gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung.

Press Release
November 1, 2018
Meet Moataz: Transform through education

Moataz’s Story

October 26, 2018
Foundation of German Business supports Kiron students

All SDW activities aim at providing young people with the best possible conditions for a successful start in fulfilling professional careers. Hence, we support the participants of our programs in reaching their full potential.

October 1, 2018
Transform through education: Wafaa's story

Wafaa is a student who benefited from the Building a Learning Environment for Study Success (BLESS) project, and even sat on the panel discussion group during Women’s Week.

Projects insights
July 3, 2018
Our partner: Berlin Economy

The Berlin economy supports the academic education of 250 refugees

Case studies
July 2, 2018
Two Kiron Study Weekends in One

From June 6-8, 2018, Kiron Open Higher Education held its first-ever double study weekend – a very special opportunity that brought students from four of our five study tracks together for two and a half days of learning about Kiron’s programs and transfer to university, building student community, and of course, studying, studying, studying. The event was hosted in seminar rooms in the Neues Deutschland building at Franz-Mehring-Platz, thanks to our friends at Media Residents!

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June 18, 2018
Meet Rima

Rima's Story

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June 18, 2018
Meet Ehab

Ehab's Story

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June 15, 2018
Meet Saad

SAAD’S STORY

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June 15, 2018
Meet Tooba

Tooba's story

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June 14, 2018
Meet Abdullah

Abdullah's Story

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June 13, 2018
Meet Nadeem

Nadeem's Story

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June 12, 2018
Meet Soubhi

Soubhi's Story

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June 10, 2018
Meet Ali

ALI’S STORY

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