*Image does not depict characters in this story. RefugePoint has around 40 staff working in sensitive and precarious situations across Africa and the Middle East, some of which are currently supporting Afghan refugees to resettle to safe countries. One of those staff members recently began working on a case of two unaccompanied children who fled …
By Jacob Bonyo, Country Director I have always considered myself lucky to work in an office with “the best view in the world.” The RefugePoint office isn’t located in an exceptionally breathtaking part of Nairobi. We don’t look out of the window and see awe-inspiring vistas. Nor do we have mountainous backdrops or pristine beaches …
RefugePoint has many staff working around the world, in situations that are sometimes dangerous and often confidential due to security concerns*, to help Afghan and other refugees resettle to the U.S. and other countries where they can rebuild their lives safely. This is the story of one RefugePoint staff member’s experience supporting an Afghan refugee. …
By Simar Singh and Ned Meerdink What is the Self-Reliance Index One year ago, RefugePoint, Women’s Refugee Commission and partners from the Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative (RSRI) launched the Self-Reliance Index (SRI) – the first global tool that measures the progress of refugee households on their paths to self-reliance. The tool supports humanitarian practitioners in designing …
When the Kenyan government announced another round of lockdowns throughout several counties in early 2021, Christine was stuck far from home. RefugePoint had just given her a $300 business grant to fulfill a contract she’d gotten with a hotel chain in Lodwar, Turkana County to supply them with curtains. As a refugee from South Sudan, …
Patrick’s story is a shining example of the power of determination. He started as a night guard for businesses in the Kakuma refugee camp before relocating to Nairobi in late 2018, where he started from scratch again. He moved with his brother to the neighborhood of Kitengela, where Patrick didn’t have many friends. He learned …
RefugePoint Founder, Sasha Chanoff, recently presented at Expanding Global Refugee Labour Mobility: Implementing the Three-Year Strategy, hosted by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and UNHCR. The title of Sasha’s talk was Refugee-Centered Labor Mobility Sasha spoke about the importance of ensuring that this pathway to a new life is rooted first and foremost in the …
Hakizimana is the proud owner of a barbershop nestled in the Eastleigh suburb of Nairobi. “I used to work for someone here in Eastleigh, a Kenyan. I enjoy doing this work as a barber, and I saw that if I can do it by myself, it would be better than working for someone else,” he …
After facing difficult circumstances upon arrival in Nairobi, Juvenal can now proudly care for himself. When he arrived in Kenya from his native country of Burundi in 2015, Juvenal was ailing from complications in his spine, which limited his mobility and made him unable to stay on his feet for any period of time. He …
RefugePoint implements a robust community health program that reaches approximately ten thousand refugees annually with critical information of public health importance. RefugePoint also partners with local government health departments in support of immunization and other public health campaigns. When refugees are struggling with mental and physical health issues, they cannot work and support themselves and …
