Intro Power Inclusive Future For All FY23 Purpose Report | 49 Looking Ahead Supporting forcibly displaced communities from Ukraine In the past decade, the global refugee crisis has more than doubled in scope, with 110 million displaced people in 2023. Cisco and the Cisco Foundation are focused on ensuring migrants and refugees have Internet access. In 昀椀scal 2023, we were especially focused on aiding Ukrainians a昀昀ected by war. Much of this work centered on digital services and solutions that leveraged connectivity, including: ● Providing technical guidance and consulting support to build emergency communications vehicles for the World Food Programme’s Emergency Telecommunications Cluster ● Managing 29 communications networks established in 2022, supporting the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ● Funding feature enhancements to LifeForce Ukraine, a digital Deepening our commitment to platform developed by AI for Good, aimed at providing accurate and secure information on available services and resources for climate change resilience more than 8 million internally displaced Ukrainians ● Supporting the Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) Digital Cisco and Mercy Corps, a global humanitarian NGO, recently Community Hubs platform, which serves as a central point of engagement for crisis-a昀昀ected people, o昀昀ering referrals to completed a transformative 昀椀ve-year Technology for Impact essential services and resources partnership, leveraging digital solutions to deliver aid and ● Providing grant funding for the International Rescue Committee’s development assistance more e昀케ciently. The partnership has Signpost platform, which provides critical life-saving information reached 13.8 million people across 45 countries. Cisco committed to those displaced by disasters and con昀氀ict US$5 million to expand our partnership and focus on climate adaptation and resilience in the Horn of Africa, where over 20 million people are threatened by droughts. With this investment, Mercy Learn more about how Corps will empower pastoralist communities in the region with digital Cisco supports refugees. tools and resources to make climate-risk-informed decisions and manage environmental resources more e昀昀ectively. The goal is to ESG apply the lessons and technologies developed in East Africa to other Reporting Hub regions similarly a昀昀ected by climate disruption.