Today, the U.S. Department of State announced the launch of the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans, which will revolutionize the way Americans support refugees. This program allows communities in the U.S. to welcome displaced Afghans by pairing refugee families with groups of Americans who have committed to receiving them and received training to do so. RefugePoint …
The Biden administration is taking an unprecedented step to resettle the 55,600 Afghan evacuees from the US military bases where they’ve been living for weeks and into permanent homes, an official leading the effort told CNN.
Tasafa, a refugee from Ethiopia, saw a business opportunity, and he went for it. “In this area, a majority of us are butchers. When I arrived here, I saw the work and thought I could do it as well. I learned by watching others do it and it’s become my work too,” he told us …
Natalie Brand from CBS News interviewed Sasha Chanoff, RefugePoint’s Founder and Executive Director, about our efforts to support Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban.
The United States has a long, proud history of welcoming newcomers in times of crisis. We’re a nation born of immigrants and refugees, who have shaped and built our country. Today, we have an opportunity and obligation to welcome our Afghan allies with open arms, in the same way that we’ve welcomed so many others …
Elizabeth is a young woman on a mission. At 18-years-old, she’s a single mother running a business selling and distributing wholesale candy to shops in Nairobi’s Githurai Estate. Elizabeth told us that she started this business because other jobs weren’t paying as well and she was confident that she could succeed in the candy business. …
Refugees seeking to reunite with their family members in other countries must navigate complex legal processes, including strict documentation requirements. Many governments require documents like birth certificates or passports, which refugees often don’t have and are unable to retrieve from the countries they fled. For Speda, a refugee seeking to reunite with her husband in …
*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. …
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