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Q&A with Community Navigator, Antoinette
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…
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The Important Role of Community Navigators in Refugee Health
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 live…
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
We are constantly inspired by the women we work with, and invite you to learn more about their stories this month in our March Newsletter celebrating International Women’s Day! If you don’t already subscribe to our newsletter, sign up today. Be sure to follow our Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts, as we will post more stories about remarkable women throughout…
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New Monthly Newsletter! Spotlight on Child Protection
This month, RefugePoint launches its new Monthly Newsletter! Each month we will highlight a specific area of our work, which will also be featured on our Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram posts throughout the month. This month, we are featuring Child Protection, which underpins all that we do at RefugePoint. Over 50% of refugees are children,…
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What is it Like to Work as a Child Protection Expert?
A RefugePoint Child Protection Expert’s Thoughts from the Emergency Evacuation Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niamey, Niger. “What if it were your nephew?” As a proud auntie, this is the question I ask myself when writing child protection assessments for refugee children evacuated from Libya to Niger. The children, mainly teenagers from Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia,…
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Using Artwork to Engage and Better Understand the Experiences of Refugee Children
When working with refugee children, RefugePoint Child Protection Experts aim to make essential processes, that may otherwise seem mundane, engaging and fun. (Learn more about the work of Child Protection Experts here). One such activity, a Participatory Assessment, is conducted to assess living conditions, consider how services are being delivered, and to identify dangers and…
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RefugePoint Statement on the Terror Attack in Nairobi
On January 15th there was an attack including gunfire and explosions on a hotel and office complex known as #14 Riverside in Nairobi. The terrorist group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility. While all RefugePoint staff have been accounted for and are safe, we send our deepest condolences to those who have lost loved ones in…
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Happy New Year from RefugePoint
Happy New Year to the RefugePoint Community! We made great strides in 2018 towards finding lasting solutions for refugees, and we could not have done it without your support. This is what you helped us to achieve in 2018: In January, RefugePoint and partner agencies created and began testing a new tool, The Self-Reliance Index, for…
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UN member states voted overwhelmingly to affirm the new Global Compact on Refugees
Today, UN member states voted overwhelmingly to affirm the new Global Compact on Refugees (GCR). The goal of the GCR is to forge a stronger, fairer, more predictable response to global refugee movements. RefugePoint is particularly gratified that the GCR aligns so closely with the mission that we have pursued since our founding, and will…
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RefugePoint’s Senior Resettlement Officer Recently Spoke at a Side Event at the Global Compact on Migration Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco
Hortense Minishi (far left), RefugePoint’s Senior Resettlement Officer, participated on a panel at a side event at the Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Migration in Marrakesh, Morocco on December 9th. Hortense interacted directly with the Talent Beyond Boundaries colleagues, including (Gary Slaiman (second from right), Senior Advisor TBB, Noura Ismail, Lebanon Country Manager TBB…