Imagine for a moment that you and your family are celebrating a loved one’s birthday, filled with joy and laughter. Then, suddenly, armed men intrude upon your gathering, threatening your lives, and changing everything in an instant. This is the harrowing reality Alice* and her sisters faced when the Mai-Mai rebel group disrupted their father’s …
In the heart of Lake Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), there’s a small island called Idjwi. For Anthony*, this wasn’t just an island; it was his home. Anthony left Idjwi to pursue a career in healthcare, attending college near the capital of the DRC and eventually earning a diploma in nursing. After …
Mary, a resilient mother, had one simple wish: “I want a good life for my kids.” Unfortunately, this wish would prove difficult due to the violent conflict ravaging her home country of South Sudan. When war broke out between North and South Sudan, Mary and her family fled to Kenya and found relative safety in …
By Vera Keller, RefugePoint Family Reunification Expert and UNHCR Europe Coordinator for Family Reunification The number of displaced people has increased significantly in recent years. In 2022, UNHCR recorded the largest yearly increase ever in number of refugees. By mid-2023 the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide had reached an alarming number of more than …
BOSTON, January 19, 2024 – One year ago today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Welcome Corps, which empowers everyday Americans to play a leading role in welcoming refugees to the U.S. through private sponsorship groups. “Private sponsorship is one of the boldest innovations in American refugee resettlement history,” says Sasha Chanoff, CEO of RefugePoint, …
Worried about his mother’s health, Jacob Mabil tried for months to persuade her to let him start the process that would take her from a sprawling refugee camp where she had spent almost a decade after fleeing violence in South Sudan.
By Ali Pappavaselio, RefugePoint with contributions from Kari Diener, Amy Slaughter, Martin Anderson, and Sasha Chanoff The Global Refugee Forum (GRF), a quadrennial event and the main venue to drive and review progress toward the objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees, took place last week in Geneva, Switzerland. RefugePoint and the Refugee Self-Reliance …
Americans can now directly support refugees they know through private sponsorship FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON, December 19, 2023 — RefugePoint, the organization that partners with refugees to access life-changing solutions, welcomes today’s announcement by the U.S. State Department of the expansion of The Welcome Corps. This private sponsorship program within the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program allows people …
“At least I will become a light to my family, community, and everyone. If I tell you what the Economic Mobility Pathway means, it means life to us,” said Mark, a 27-year-old refugee from South Sudan. In the 1980s, Mark’s parents fled to Kenya, escaping the civil war in Sudan, and found refuge in Nairobi. …
By Amy Slaughter, Senior Advisor at RefugePoint, and Kari Jorgensen Diener, Executive Director at Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative As governments and humanitarians convene in Geneva for the second quadrennial Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in the latest attempt to negotiate more equitable responsibility-sharing for the world’s refugees as stipulated by the Global Compact for Refugees adopted by …
