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Who Were the Lost Boys of Sudan? In the mid-1980s, civil war erupted in Sudan. Government-backed militias launched...
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Who Were the Lost Boys of Sudan? In the mid-1980s, civil war erupted in Sudan. Government-backed militias launched...
Every year, millions of people are forced to flee their homes from violence and persecution, often with nowhere...
RefugePoint has been working for years to help more refugees reunite with separated family members and to reduce...
Refugee resettlement has long been a hallmark of both U.S. and global policy, and a major part of...
More than a year after the fall of Syria’s authoritarian regime, millions of Syrians are still rebuilding their...
At RefugePoint, refugee-centeredness is a core value that shapes how we design programs, make decisions, and measure our...
In October, I spent a week in Bamako, Mali, supporting UNHCR’s efforts to scale up resettlement and complementary...
RefugePoint envisions an inclusive world where all refugees can safely build stable, connected, and thriving lives. Our Theory...
Over the past year, the world has shifted in ways that have made life far more dangerous and...
This week marks the 2025 Global Refugee Forum Progress Review in Geneva, Switzerland: a time for the international...
Kenya’s urban areas are home to over 116,000 refugees, most of whom live in the capital city of...
Resettlement as a Life-Changing Opportunity: Kavira’s Story The path that brought Kavira and her children to safety in...
Over the past several years, RefugePoint has been intentionally deepening its commitment to refugee-centeredness and refugee leadership. This...
Refugees fleeing their home countries are often separated from family and loved ones along the way, sometimes never...
Earlier this month, hundreds of supporters, partners, former refugees, and staff gathered at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts...
Watch RefugePoint Founder & CEO Sasha Chanoff’s remarks at Finding Refuge Together, RefugePoint’s 20th anniversary celebration. The event...
Today, the forces of inhumanity are gaining ground: more than 60 wars and conflicts have displaced and harmed...
In a world where more than 120 million people have been forcibly displaced due to conflict, persecution, and...
Understanding voluntary repatriation as a durable solution for refugees and RefugePoint’s role in safe returns to Syria What...
What Happened at Gatumba? On the night of August 13, 2004, 166 Congolese refugees, mostly women and children,...
Last month, RefugePoint joined hundreds of our partner organizations at the Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (CRCP),...
How we’re responding to new climate-driven challenges facing refugees. By Paul Karanja, Amy Slaughter, and Patrick Guyer ...
With drastic reductions in refugee resettlement and humanitarian aid happening in the U.S. and worldwide, people who have...
Today, there are 43.4 million refugees in the world—more than at any other time in history. Most will...
Boat crossings to Europe from North Africa are attempted by tens of thousands of asylum seekers each year...
RefugePoint was founded in 2005 in response to critical and chronic gaps plaguing the international response to refugees....
The year 2025 marks RefugePoint’s 20th anniversary. Since our founding, we’ve helped over 179,000 refugees access resettlement and...
We’re celebrating the launch of Transforming Refugee Response, a series of briefs showcasing how RefugePoint has contributed to...
The modern-day US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) has effectively ended following the Trump administration’s recent termination of contracts...
Training Humanitarian Leaders to Expand Refugee Resettlement In September 2024, RefugePoint welcomed the second cohort of its Traineeship...
This post is a follow-up to an earlier blog post entitled “First Steps Towards Self-Reliance for Refugees in...
There are many different circumstances that cause people around the world to flee their homes and seek safety...
On today’s National Day of Mourning to remember President Jimmy Carter, RefugePoint remembers and celebrates the landmark refugee...
What do refugees in Nairobi say about RefugePoint’s self-reliance programs? How have these services impacted their ability to...
Immigration remains one of the most misunderstood and debated issues globally, and in the United States, is central...
Pakistan hosts one of the world’s largest refugee populations. As of October 2023, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)...
Since 2005, RefugePoint has worked hand in hand with U.S. government officials in both Republican and Democratic administrations...
One of the ways that RefugePoint helps refugees to find lasting solutions is through family reunification, which helps...
Cover image: Chef José Andrés, Founder of World Central Kitchen, speaks on the importance of family reunification at...
Meet our Child Protection Expert based in Bangkok, Thailand. We are excited for our supporters to “meet” more...
What can change for refugees in the first six months of their engagement with RefugePoint? By Jacinta Mutie,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—On September 30, 2024, RefugePoint welcomed the news that President Biden signed the Presidential Determination on...
Click here to view the PDF. The core of RefugePoint’s work, as captured in our mission statement,...
Two of the most significant annual refugee-related conferences took place in Geneva earlier this month, and RefugePoint was...
RefugePoint’s Life Skills Training Program, part of our Urban Refugee Protection Program (URPP) in Nairobi, Kenya, teaches children...
The responsibility for finding solutions for refugees doesn’t fall to just one sector, organization, or government. States, the...
NOVA SCOTIA (June 6, 2024) – RefugePoint, a nonprofit organization that partners with refugees to access life-changing...
Today, more people have been forcibly displaced from their homes than ever before. Oftentimes, refugees are not able...
by Nicholas Mbata, James Nanzala Nyangule, Jacinta Mutie, Patrick Guyer After a few months of group and individual...
Three RefugePoint team members (Jacinta Mutie, Paul Karanja and Patrick Guyer) are excited to share their latest article,...
Canada’s Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP), a labor mobility program for refugees, matches qualified refugees looking to rebuild...
This month, Sasha Chanoff, CEO and Founder of RefugePoint, appeared as a guest on an episode of System...
By Vera Keller, RefugePoint Family Reunification Expert and UNHCR Europe Coordinator for Family Reunification The number of displaced...
BOSTON, January 19, 2024 – One year ago today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Welcome Corps, which...
The Global Refugee Forum (GRF), a quadrennial event and the main venue to drive and review progress toward...
By Amy Slaughter, Senior Advisor at RefugePoint, and Kari Jorgensen Diener, Executive Director at Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative As...
By Martin Anderson, Director of International Programs / Geneva Representative RefugePoint has made 4 pledges in the context...
By Martin Anderson, Geneva Representative For media inquiries, please contact Alexis Felder at [email protected]. In 2018, the United Nations...
The Global Refugee Forum (GRF), a quadrennial event taking place from December 13-15 of this year, is the...
Last month, RefugePoint’s labor mobility team celebrated several new milestones. Eleven Refugees Depart for Canada in October Last...
The Global Refugee Forum will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from December 13 to December 15, 2023. ...
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 – At Nubeluz by Chef José Andrés in Manhattan and with supporting remarks from...
Welcoming Little Amal to Boston From September 7-9, Boston, the home of RefugePoint’s headquarters, will be welcoming a...
Welcoming Little Amal to Boston From September 7-9, Boston, the home of RefugePoint’s headquarters, will be welcoming a...
Unfortunately, many refugees can’t go home and can’t safely stay in the country to which they have...
Since 2018, RefugePoint has partnered with the Government of Canada, UNHCR, and others to build the Economic Mobility...
By: Dr. Sonasha Braxton, Senior Technical Advisor for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) at RefugePoint Research...
Imagine a future where refugees can reach safety, regardless of where they’ve fled from or the color...
Only a small fraction of refugees are accepted for resettlement (just over 40,000 worldwide in the first half...
A number of years ago, The UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner at the time, Alexander Aleinikoff, asked: “Can we...
In an effort to support and strengthen refugee-led organizations (RLOs) in Nairobi, Kenya, RefugePoint recently began bringing together...
Violent crises and ongoing persecution around the world have forced well over 100 million people to flee their...
Departure Day After feeling something brush my thigh, I looked down to find a young boy’s big, brown...
In May I attended the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland at the...
In 2021, RefugePoint launched a three-year strategy. In it, we highlight the importance of reimagining what refugee response...
The Self Reliance Index is the first global tool for measuring the progress of refugee households toward self-reliance....
As RefugePoint’s Chief Development Officer, in May I had the opportunity to visit our Urban Refugee Protection Program...
On Saturday, April 30, I joined Humaira Rasuli, a leading Afghan human rights lawyer, at the White House...
In 2005, RefugePoint was founded to identify refugees who fall through the cracks of humanitarian aid. Over time,...
Nearly one million people have already fled Ukraine since Russia began its invasion on February 24th, according to...
Many of the youth that our Child Protection Experts work with have experienced and continue to deal with...
Like any story, our casework database began with an idea. In 2007, RefugePoint was two years old and...
“Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.” – Albert...
As counselors at RefugePoint, we see clients who suffer from a wide range of issues, from mild mental...
Today, the U.S. Department of State announced the launch of the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans, which will revolutionize...
Refugees seeking to reunite with their family members in other countries must navigate complex legal processes, including strict...
*Image does not depict characters in this story. RefugePoint has around 40 staff working in sensitive and precarious...
By Jacob Bonyo, Country Director I have always considered myself lucky to work in an office with “the...
RefugePoint has many staff working around the world, in situations that are sometimes dangerous and often confidential due...
By Simar Singh and Ned Meerdink What is the Self-Reliance Index One year ago, RefugePoint, Women’s Refugee Commission...
RefugePoint Founder, Sasha Chanoff, recently presented at Expanding Global Refugee Labour Mobility: Implementing the Three-Year Strategy, hosted by...
RefugePoint implements a robust community health program that reaches approximately ten thousand refugees annually with critical information of...
By: Anne-Marie, Galgalo & John RefugePoint Community Navigators The poem “A Victim of Circumstances” was co-authored by three...
Read the full report here. Or read the 2-page executive summary here. The past few years have taken...
Early morning showers bring the usual confusion on the busy Kayole Spine road, with matatus (vans commonly used...
My name is Muli, and I work as a social worker at RefugePoint. Social workers are the coaches...
RefugePoint’s Livelihoods program aims to enable urban refugees to achieve greater self-sufficiency and a better quality of life....
Access to financial services, like bank accounts, helps refugees to cope with shocks, reduces exposure to risk, and...
We’ve accomplished so much since we began in 2005, and we invite you to explore this timeline, which...
Refugees are their own first responders in their communities. While RefugePoint and other non-governmental organizations join with the...
RefugePoint, along with more than 25 partners as part of the Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative (RSRI) is excited to...
In December 2019, RefugePoint organized a community strategy training for Community Navigators to ensure grassroots level access to...
An equal world is an enabled world. This month we are celebrating International Women’s Day #IWD2020 by highlighting...
From December 16-18, 2019, RefugePoint participated in the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in Geneva, Switzerland. The goal...
By: Amy Slaughter (Chief Strategy Officer) Would you be able to work if your kids weren’t in school?...
Education as a Tool for Protection and Self-Reliance For refugee children, going to school isn’t only about advancing...
Take a moment to imagine the life that you want to create for yourself. At its core, it’s...
Antoinette is a Community Navigator who works in a large residential area called Kasarani, on the Northeastern side...
RefugePoint’s team of 13 Community Navigators support health education and provide information to about 10,000 refugees and...
A RefugePoint Child Protection Expert’s Thoughts from the Emergency Evacuation Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niamey, Niger. “What if...
When working with refugee children, RefugePoint Child Protection Experts aim to make essential processes, that may otherwise seem...
Our Executive Director, Sasha Chanoff, recently authored this op-ed in USA Today – check it out! Refugee resettlement helps...
Boston, MA, April 3, 2018 RefugePoint was pleased to co-host the panel, Systems Thinking as a Response to the...
Child protection is extremely important to the work and mission of RefugePoint. We currently have seven Child Protection...
Musa*, age 11, was among the last unaccompanied minors to arrive in the U.S. before the suspension of...
“Tesfaye* and his family, including his wife and six children, are refugees in Kenya. Tesfaye has been a...
Image: 4-year old Mushkaad is finally reunited with her mother Samira in the U.S., after two years of...
We continue with Part Three of our blog series (go back to Part One, go to Part Two), in which...
Imagine being violently chased from your home and losing everything – your home, business, friends and family members....
RefugePoint has a team of Resettlement Experts who currently work in 20 countries across Africa, as well as...
An Impossible Choice (a Show of Force film) We all need help in our times of greatest challenge. Today we...
The Good Lie is a feature film starring Reese Witherspoon about the resettlement to the US of the refugee...
When Kasoke first arrived at RefugePoint’s office, the Congolese refugee mother was frail from emaciation. She and her...
Esther Kamau likes to joke that she didn’t join RefugePoint, but that RefugePoint joined her. This is because...
Asha’s* tiny frame does not do justice to the huge impact this 23-year-old Somali woman is making as...
Advocate for refugees in Africa to be honored at November 5th ceremony Cambridge, MA—The Center for Public Leadership...
November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a day that is particularly...
Aliah, a 23-year-old refugee, has a bubbly demeanor that disguises the monumental obstacles she faces every day. As...
Since January 2011, the political uprising in Egypt has dominated the international news. The fall of President Hosni...
Imagine growing up in a small village where your family herds goats and sheep. One morning while reading...
Mako, a young 23-year-old Ethiopian refugee, begins to tell her story. Her back is straight, her hands are...
Fadumo and her children rarely slept consecutively in the same place while fleeing her war torn country –...
The RefugePoint conference room is a brightly lit space where sun pours in from two sides and a...
Sahra leans across the arm rest and whispers that she does not want her face shown in the...
After one and a half years in the making, the fruits of an important project that RefugePoint has...
One of the most significant challenges refugees face is insecurity. After fleeing violence in their home countries, refugees...
Hassan is an educated man, speaks fluent English, has a university degree and is enthusiastic to do any...
Working with RefugePoint in Nairobi, we are fortunate enough to meet thousands of refugees who are amazing examples...
My name is Devon Cone and I am a Protection Officer for RefugePoint. The first time I can...
Justin Semahoro is one of four stars of the powerful documentary film The Last Survivor, showing at Martha’s...
In 1994 the world stood by as Rwandan Hutu extremists massacred nearly one million Tutsis and Hutu moderates...
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