Claude Marshall
Watch the video of Claude Marshall’s talk here.
Photo © UNHCR
As a volunteer consultant to the UNHCR (the UN refugee agency), Claude Marshall helps develop and find support for sports projects for refugee youth, mainly in mass refugee camps or settlements around the world. He, as well, seeks financial support from individuals and corporations for refugee assistance in education, healthcare and housing.
Mr. Marshall joined the UNHCR in 1993, after retiring as executive vice president Europe for Young & Rubicam’s public relations division, Burson-Marsteller. His work with UNHCR is on a bénévole basis.
More about Claude Marshall at unhcr.org
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Your speech was great! Very spontaneous. It took me a lot of time to listen to it all, as it was interrupted almost every 30”. I voted for you!
Posted on 07-Feb-10 at 1:20 pm | Permalink
Hey Claude, We missed you at the 60th Reunion, but heard about all the great things you’ve been doing. Can’t believe we’ve been out of school 60 years. The time certainly has gone by fast. There’s not much new in Middletown. Carol and I have been in the Albany, NY area for over 50 years now. Now, I’m going to go and view your videos and find out more about your work. Emil
Posted on 05-Oct-10 at 1:56 am | Permalink
Dear Mr. Marshall.
I know I am a bit late to response, but really enjoyed your talk. Information about the living conditions of the worlds over 42 million people living as refugees or IDPs don’t reach most people in the world. Talks like this puts a the person, the child, in to the stats and numbers.
I have been working with refugees and IDPs in addition to general populations affected by conflict and disasters for some year, and felt that your talk hit the nail perfectly.
Many of the refugee children and youth have access to life’s hardware (education, food, shelter and health care), but lack access to software needed to both develop normally as a child, and like you say heal wounds from stress and trauma.
Sport, art, music and drama are by many considered non-essetial responses as the funds for emergencies and refugees are limited. I hope you are able to continue to convince people differently.
Best
Pelle
Posted on 18-Feb-11 at 11:34 pm | Permalink
Hi, Claude
I was surfing the web this afternoon for friends, classmates and fraternity brothers, and came across this one while searching for you.
WOW!!! What you are doing and have done with your life is very impressive. As Phyllis and I watched we were more and more enthused with you. I know exactly what you were talking about when you mentioned how working with young people keep you young. I have had the opportunity to do so on a much smaller scale giving sales training classes for a local restaurant’s staff and working with a few college students who are business majors with starting a business. But that in no way compares with the importance of what you have been doing.
We moved to Maine five years ago. My business went broke, my parents had both died, so there was little to keep me in Orange County. We vacationed in Maine almost every summer. We are living in a very lovely retirement community.
Please let me know how you and Sabrina are doing.
Danny Dunitz
Posted on 14-Mar-11 at 11:14 pm | Permalink
Hi there! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any problems with hackers?
My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing several weeks of hard work due to no back up.
Do you have any methods to prevent hackers?
Posted on 05-Apr-13 at 7:36 pm | Permalink