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How RefugePoint Staff are Working to Create a More Gender-Equal World
An equal world is an enabled world. This month we are celebrating International Women’s Day #IWD2020 by highlighting the achievements of refugee women and RefugePoint staff, and increasing visibility about the issues and inequalities they face. Helping Refugee Women on their Journey to Self-Reliance Helping refugees to become self-reliant, so that they can meet their…
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Happy New Year from RefugePoint!
Happy New Year! It’s 2020 and RefugePoint is 15 years old. Refugees represent, perhaps, the world’s greatest untapped resource. They are engineers, social workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, and farmers – the whole range of people with skills and abilities, and they are ready to contribute.
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Innovative Partnership to Create Jobs for Refugees and Help Canadian Employers Facing Labour Shortages
A groundbreaking and innovative partnership with the potential to help Canadian employers facing significant labour shortages and create labour mobility opportunities for qualified refugees has taken root in Nova Scotia, Canada. The partnership is positioned to have a significant positive impact on staffing shortages in the local health care sector and inform the creation of…
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Martin Anderson, RefugePoint’s Director of International Programs Receives the 2020 Child 10 Award
Tens of thousands of children attempting to flee to Europe during the last few years have been at great risk of being exposed to child trafficking and exploitation. Closed borders, lack of cross-national coordination, and dire and inhumane living conditions in refugee camps and child-care centers put children at high risk of becoming victims of…
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RefugePoint Participates in the Global Refugee Forum
RefugePoint’s Executive Director, Sasha Chanoff, and Director of International Programs, Marty Anderson, had the pleasure of speaking with Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees after he gave opening remarks at a breakfast reception for NGOs & civil society at the Global Refugee Forum in December 2019. From December 16-18, 2019, RefugePoint participated in…
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RefugePoint Responds to Historically Low Cap on Refugees
On September 26th, the Trump administration simultaneously announced that it would cap refugee resettlement at 18,000 for 2020, and released a new executive order that allows state and local officials to block refugees approved for resettlement to the US from resettling within their communities. These decisions are unprecedented, unjust, and life-threatening for thousands of refugees…
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The Interdependencies of Self-Reliance: RefugePoint’s Runway Approach
By: Amy Slaughter (Chief Strategy Officer) Would you be able to work if your kids weren’t in school? Or if you didn’t have stable housing? What if you had a serious, untreated health condition or lacked food security? The factors that allow us to thrive and support ourselves are all interconnected. So too are they…
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You are invited: October 1! Read a book. Change a life.
Read a book. Change a life. RefugePoint invites you to join the 2019 kick-off of our #Read4Refugees campaign on October 1st! The event marks the official launch of a two-week read-in, and will feature giveaways and guest speaker, author Natalie C. Anderson. Anderson is an American writer and author of City of Saints and Thieves,…
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Education as a Tool for Protection and Self-Reliance
PHOTO ABOVE: Daniel, RefugePoint client (left), sitting with Kimani, RefugePoint’s Education Officer. Education as a Tool for Protection and Self-Reliance For refugee children, going to school isn’t only about advancing their education, but also serves as an essential protection tool. At school, refugee children are able to rebuild critical support systems (teachers, mentors, coaches) that…
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The Crucial Role that RefugePoint Social Workers Play in the Lives of Our Clients
Take a moment to imagine the life that you want to create for yourself. At its core, it’s probably a life of emotional and mental wellness and financial stability. A life in which you are able to take care of yourself and your family. Now, imagine that there is someone by your side to help…