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Call for Proposals: Community-Based Organizations in Nairobi, Kenya
Call for Proposals! RefugePoint works to improve the quality of life for refugees worldwide through field building and systems change. We recognize the vital role that Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) play as first responders to community needs. We are interested in sharing knowledge, skills, and learning through more direct engagement with and support to these organizations.…
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As millions of Ukrainians flee the war, family reunification and resettlement efforts are underway here
WBUR’s Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy speaks with Sasha Chanoff, founder of Cambridge-based humanitarian organization RefugePoint, on how refugee resettlement and family reunification efforts will be a challenge for years to come.
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Opening Your Home to Ukrainian Families
The Biden Administration announced plans to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians. With nearly four million Ukrainian refugees who have fled since Russia’s attack, and more fleeing every day, some have already started arriving in the U.S. through tourist visas and in other ways. They are not part of any official resettlement program as the U.S.…
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U.S. Will Welcome Up to 100,000 Ukrainian Refugees
“With European nations under stress from three million new refugees, the U.S. said it will substantially increase admissions for people fleeing Russia’s invasion.”
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Millions of people have fled Ukraine. We need a plan to reunite families
“A 4-year-old Ukrainian boy named Max wearing a black jacket and gray hat fled Russian attacks along with his mother, while his father stayed behind to fight.”
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Centering Refugee Voices in Humanitarian Response and Philanthropy
Please join us on April 8, 2022, 11am EST/4pm BST for a Skoll World Forum Eco-System Day Event that RefugePoint is hosting: Centering Refugee Voices in Humanitarian Response and Philanthropy. By 2050 a billion people may be forcibly displaced. $30 billion/year is spent on humanitarian aid today. Yet recipients have virtually no say in its use, a fact…
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A New Era of Giving: Embracing Cryptocurrency
In 2005, RefugePoint was founded to identify refugees who fall through the cracks of humanitarian aid. Over time, we began to develop full-service response models that look at long-term solutions that enable refugees to lead healthy, dignified lives and become contributing members of society again. These solutions, which are continuously evolving and advancing, are what…
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The International Community Must Protect All Those Affected by Russian Invasion
Nearly one million people have already fled Ukraine since Russia began its invasion on February 24th, according to the UN Refugee Agency, which is tracking ongoing displacement figures. Russia continues to strike residential and government buildings, killing over 2,000 civilians and leaving thousands internally displaced. RefugePoint urges all nations, including the neighboring countries of Ukraine,…
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Expert Story: Psychological First Aid
Many of the youth that our Child Protection Experts work with have experienced and continue to deal with extreme trauma. After working on a particularly difficult and complex case for a child who had been tortured as a child soldier and was experiencing horrific physical and psychological injuries, one of our Experts reflected: The child’s…
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Phase One of Operation Allies Welcome Complete
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Froylan Grimaldo / 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. 76,000 Afghan evacuees who were temporarily housed on U.S. military bases have all successfully departed the bases and are settling into communities across the country, according to Operation Allies Welcome. This was an extraordinary and historic effort to evacuate and welcome so…