Most refugees desperately want the opportunity to provide for themselves and their families – to work, to use their skills, and make decisions about their finances, their lives, and their futures. Through our Livelihoods program, we help urban refugees to achieve greater self-sufficiency and a better quality of life by providing business skills trainings, and …
Baati is a single mother of three who fled from her home country with her children in 2005, after she and her husband were both arrested several times and tortured. Baati’s husband was a teacher and leader who was a very influential person in the community, and Baati worked as a businesswoman. Her husband’s whereabouts …
“RefugePoint gave us medical assistance, and one of the most important things that they provided for us was the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) card. Having that card means that I do not have to pay out of pocket for medical care for my siblings or me when I visit a government hospital.” Orphaned after …
When a community joins together to accomplish a shared goal, great things can happen! Djamaba, a refugee from Congo, suffers from a lung disease and requires breathing support through an oxygen concentrator machine. Due to the high cost, Djamaba could not afford the machine that he needed for his home, and so he would spend …
Antoinette is a Community Navigator who works in a large residential area called Kasarani, on the Northeastern side of Nairobi. We hope you enjoy getting to know more about Antoinette and the important role that Community Navigators play in refugee health! Why did you decide to become a RefugePoint Community Navigator? “I consider myself first …
RefugePoint’s team of 13 Community Navigators support health education and provide information to about 10,000 refugees and locals per year. Who knows the needs of a community best? The people who live and work in that community. RefugePoint’s team of Community Navigators (CNs), now comprised of 13 team members (April 2019), are refugees who …
“I think I have always wanted to become a doctor. When I’m done with my studies, and when I have become a doctor, I want to help the people around me. My main dream is to start a hospital where our patients can get quality healthcare for free. Sometimes when people have to undergo very …
As an artist, Semret works with two mediums – words and wool. Semret began her career as a journalist, but her reporting was one of the reasons that she felt insecure and was forced to flee her home country in 1996. Although Semret continues to write books, and contribute to magazines, her main source of …
“I want to do this interview in English” Fawzia happily stated. “I have been attending English classes, and now I can speak it with no problem,” she told us, smiling. “When I arrived to Canada for the first time, I didn’t know English. Life was very hard, and the winter was so cold, but now …
It is just after 6:00 a.m., and the gates to Burma market, one of Nairobi’s largest meat markets, are about to open. Throughout the day, over 20,000 people – clients from restaurants, butcheries, and individuals, will descend on the market to buy their meat in bulk. Most of the meat sellers waiting at the gate …
