Join our Front & Center campaign for forgotten refugee girls

Join our Front & Center campaign for forgotten refugee girls

Help RefugePoint identify refugee girls across Africa who are orphaned, separated from their parents and overlooked. Learn more

New Blog!

New Blog!

Go 'Inside RefugePoint' with our staff to learn how we provide lasting solutions for the world’s most vulnerable refugees. Learn more

RefugePoint Director Recognized as Social Entrepreneur

RefugePoint Director Recognized as Social Entrepreneur

In 2012, Ashoka awarded eight new fellowships to emerging social entrepreneurs across America and we are honored to share that RefugePoint's Executive Director Sasha Chanoff was among them. Learn more

Freedom for Congolese Family after Ten Years

Freedom for Congolese Family after Ten Years

"I still can't believe we are here. It’s like a miracle. In Kenya, we had no freedom but now we are all free." Learn more

An improbable reunion

An improbable reunion

Six years ago, Jonathan thought his wife had been killed in the Congo. Today, they're reunited. Watch the incredible story here Learn more

Charles Bronfman Prize

Charles Bronfman Prize

The Charles Bronfman Prize honors RefugePoint's efforts. Learn more

After ten years…

After ten years…

a family torn apart by war is reunited in the U.S. Learn more

Bol and Kuach were orphaned brothers from Sudan

Bol and Kuach were orphaned brothers from Sudan

RefugePoint cared for the boys and reunited them with their grandmother. Last October, the boys saw their grandmother for the first time in years at a reunion in San Diego. Learn more

Updates

The Quiet Refugee Girl

April 12, 2013

By Kate Orazem, RefugePoint intern There seems to be an age at which refugee girls grow quiet. Toddlers tend to chatter unreservedly and reach up to touch my unfamiliar hair; older girls will ask to play with my camera and giggle when their faces appear on the screen. But by the time they reach eleven [...]

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RefugePoint on WBUR’s Here & Now

March 31, 2013

RefugePoint Founder and Executive Director Sasha Chanoff and Yar Ayuel, one of 89 Sudanese girls who came to the United States along with the “Lost Boys of Sudan,” are interviewed on WBUR’s Here & Now on March 25th in advance of CBS’ 60 Minutes special on the former refugee children resettled to the United States in [...]

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Boston Globe: How the lost girls became the forgotten girls

March 28, 2013

Read Executive Director Sasha Chanoff’s Op-Ed in the Boston Globe about the forgotten refugee girls of Sudan.  

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