“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 …

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 …