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 …
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 …
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 …
“I hope one day I will be able to have a school, where I can teach French. I love teaching. I love my clients, and they love me too,” says Claudine. Claudine’s passion for teaching French stems from her experience as a refugee, and the struggles she faced accessing services. Having fled from Rwanda to …
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 …
Thousands of refugees have the skills and experience to apply for jobs that would allow them to relocate to safe, new countries and begin to rebuild their lives. However, these work visa pathways are generally unavailable to refugees due to policy and logistical hurdles. Canada’s Economic Mobility Pathways Project (EMPP), one of the first of …
Thierry is a young entrepreneur living in Nairobi, Kenya. He makes and sells soap products, including liquid soap, bar soap, bleach, and fabric softener. Thierry also shares his soap production knowledge with other potential entrepreneurs. “I love this business a lot,” Thierry shared. “It has so much value to me because I want to depend …
Education support is one of the core services that RefugePoint’s Urban Refugee Protection Program offers to its clients in Nairobi, Kenya. This vital component of support is not only crucial for children to attain an education, it also enables refugee families to engage in livelihoods and other activities aimed at boosting their self-reliance. Nzinga, a …
After her brothers were kidnapped and her father was killed, Safiya was forced to flee her home in Ethiopia while she was still a young girl. She eventually arrived in Nairobi after years of displacement, yet encountered challenges in the new city as well. Safiya and her two young boys received rent, food, and health …
In October 2022, Henry, a refugee from Congo, received a phone call that forever changed his life and the lives of his two young sisters, Daniella and Prisca – they were finally going to be resettled in Canada. After their mother Wanga passed away in 2020, Henry and his sisters were orphaned, and Henry took …
