RefugePoint
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| Formation | 2005 |
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| Type | non-profit |
| Website | www |
RefugePoint is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 aimed and supporting the needs of regufees. RefugePoint has referred over 54,000 refugees for resettlement.[1]
RefugePoint works primarily with women, children, and urban refugees. They provide direct services to individuals and households and field services to connect refugees to other organizations. RefugePoint has three offices, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; Nairobi, Kenya; and Geneva, Switzerland.
The organization has worked primarily in Africa, in 28 countries, and over 48 locations, including: Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Djibouti, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Iraq, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[2]
RefugePoint is a member of Refugee Council USA (RCUSA), a coalition of U.S. non-governmental organizations focused on refugee protection.[3]
History[edit]
RefugePoint was founded in 2005 by Sasha Chanoff and Dr. John Wagacha Burton. While conducting refugee aid operations with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Chanoff became aware of the unmet needs of refugees living in urban settings.[4]
On June 29, 2011, Mapendo announced that it changed its name to RefugePoint.
Programs[edit]
Resettlement
Resettlement involves permanently relocating refugees to a safe country. RefugePoint deploys Resettlement and Child Protection Experts across Africa to meet with refugees. RefugePoint staff works to expand opportunities for resettlement to locations and populations that are chronically overlooked and underserved. Since 2005, the RefugePoint team has helped over 54,000 refugees to access resettlement.[1]
Self-reliance
Self-reliance involves stabilizing refugees in the countries to which they have fled and helping them regain the social and economic ability to meet their needs and transition off of assistance.[1]
Urban Refugee Protection Program
RefugePoint works to achieve long-term stabilization of refugees through its Urban Refugee Protection Program (URPP) in Nairobi, Kenya. The program provides food and housing assistance, small business grants, access to health care, education, and counseling services. The URPP helps refugee children to access education, and provides health and psychological services to many who have experienced trauma.[1]
Awards[edit]
2010: Charles Bronfman Prize[5]
2007: Draper Richards Fellowship[6]
2006: Echoing Green Fellowship[7] and Waldzell Institute "Architect of the Future"[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "RefugePoint – What We Do". www.refugepoint.org.
- ^ "RefugePoint – Where We Work". www.refugepoint.org.
- ^ "Refugee Council USA - Home". rcusa.org.
- ^ Lang, Marissa (7 June 2010). "Inspired by relatives, he's doing a world of good for refugees". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Administrator. "Sasha Chanoff - The Charles Bronfman Prize". www.thecharlesbronfmanprize.com.
- ^ "Draper Richards Foundation". Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- ^ "Sasha Chanoff - Echoing Green". www.echoinggreen.org.
- ^ "Sasha Chanoff | Waldzell Institute – School of life". www.waldzell.org. Archived from the original on 2011-05-10.