LONDON —Non-profit technology community Techfugees, which advocates for the digital inclusion of refugees and displaced people around the world, has appointed Manifest as its global agency of record.

Manifest will start its work by evolving Techfugees’ communications strategy to help it achieve the ambitious goal of empowering at least one million forcibly displaced persons by providing equitable access to information, education, health, work and social integration in the digital society.

The agency’s global remit spans press office, creative campaigns, social strategy, community engagement, thought leadership, and spokespeople profiling as well as developing a corporate communications programme.

Techfugees was founded in 2015 by Mike Butcher, the editor-at-large of online publication TechCrunch, with the aim of mobilising a community of developers, humanitarians and social entrepreneurs to create sustainable digital solutions that will support the inclusion of displaced people.

There are currently over 100 million refugees globally and this is set to rise with 1.2 billion people predicted to be displaced due to climate change by 2050.

Techfugees non-executive director Alexandra Annable, who has oversight of strategic partnerships and communications, said: “It was clear from the outset that the Manifest team shared our core values, along with a mutual passion to change the narrative on displaced persons and unlock the hidden value of brands to do good business and make the world a better place.

“Given the complexity of conversations surrounding displaced people, we sought for an extraordinary agency. A best-of-breed, with potential to go over and above the norm to collaborate with us in accelerating shared goals. The Manifest team couldn’t be a better fit with their strong passion and values across sustainability and inclusion.”

Manifest UK managing partner Ali Maynard James said: “Being able to work with an organisation like Techfugees is immensely humbling. It’s one of those briefs from an organisation that, in all honesty, you wish didn’t have to exist, but being able to offer our global creative team’s time to tackle such an important issue is something we’re very proud of.

“Our agency mission is to build brands that change the world and when you look at the unwavering work that Techfugees conducts with the world’s displaced people, it is a perfect match for our team.”