The Swedish Government today approved a grant of 100,000 kroner ($20,000) to Ort to aid the organization in carrying out its work among refugees. Although Ort maintains no schools in Sweden, the organization received the grant from the Swedish Government for its vocational programs in other countries.
During the past year, World Refugee Year encouraged fund-raising for refugees in Sweden and Ort benefited from two allocations made by the Swedish Refugee Committee. Some 10,000 of the more than 40,000 men, women and young people trained by Ort last year were refugees.
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