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RefugePoint Helps Refugee Children Like Little Amal, And You Can Too
Welcoming Little Amal to Boston From September 7-9, Boston, the home of RefugePoint’s headquarters, will be welcoming a very special guest named Little Amal. Little Amal, whose name means “hope” in Arabic, is a 12-foot puppet that symbolizes a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl in search of her mother. Little Amal has traveled to more than…
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Attending the 2023 SNF Nostos Conference on Mental Health
By Dr. Sonasha Braxton, Senior Technical Advisor for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) at RefugePoint The SNF Nostos 2023 Conference, hosted by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, convened experts, practitioners, and activists in Athens, Greece from June 21 to 23. With a focus on youth mental health, the event explored loneliness among youth, arts…
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What are Complementary Pathways for Refugees?
Unfortunately, many refugees can’t go home and can’t safely stay in the country to which they have fled. We help these people relocate to a safe, new country so that they can begin to rebuild their lives. Of the millions of refugees in need of resettlement each year, many are eligible for a variety…
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Canada’s Economic Mobility Pathways Project (EMPP) Expands To Include Occupations Beyond Healthcare
Since 2018, RefugePoint has partnered with the Government of Canada, UNHCR, and others to build the Economic Mobility Pathways Project (EMPP). Through the EMPP, RefugePoint supports the identification of qualified and experienced refugees in Kenya (Nairobi, Kakuma, and Dadaab) and connects them with job opportunities with employers in Canada facing labor market shortages. The work-based…
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Mental Health for Humanitarian Workers
By: Dr. Sonasha Braxton, Senior Technical Advisor for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) at RefugePoint Research has shown that humanitarian workers experience higher rates of anxiety, depression, and trauma symptoms than the general population. We can logically deduce that this is because humanitarian workers are often placed in highly stressful situations in places…
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Overcoming Challenges on the Path to Self-Reliance
After fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mama Juma spent eight years in refugee camps before arriving in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2018, RefugePoint began supporting Mama Juma with food, rent, and business development training to help her find stability. This support allowed her to leave an abusive relationship and find a place to…
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Who We Are
Imagine a future where refugees can reach safety, regardless of where they’ve fled from or the color of their skin. A future where people don’t have to risk their lives in search of a safe place to call home. Where they are welcomed with open arms. RefugePoint is working to make this future a…
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Global Refugee Labour Mobility Summit
On March 7, 2023, Bahati Ernestine, RefugePoint’s Economic Mobility Consultant, will deliver a keynote address at the first-ever Global Refugee Labour Mobility Summit in Amman, Jordan. Ms. Ernestine, a former refugee from Rwanda, was part of the first group of refugees to relocate from Nairobi, Kenya, to safe, permanent new homes in Pictou County, Nova…
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The Many Steps to Refugee Resettlement
Only a small fraction of refugees are accepted for resettlement (just over 40,000 worldwide in the first half of 2022, according to UNHCR), but getting there takes determination and persistence from the refugees and the collective efforts of UNHCR and partner staff. One Expert wrote poignantly about his chance to share the happy news that…
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US citizens get chance to play role in resettling refugees
A government program launched Thursday is giving American citizens the chance to play a role in resettling the thousands of refugees who arrive every year in the United States.