RefugePoint

09/03/2026

Behind the Scenes! Our Social Work Team shared this reflection on a recent experience with a client.

There are days in social work that remind us exactly why we chose this profession, and this was one of them. Earlier this year, our team identified a refugee client who dreamt of rebuilding her life with dignity. Through RefugePoint’s Self-Reliance Runway (stabilizing services, business training, and a business grant), she partnered with us to take her next steps towards self-reliance.

Fast forward a few months: walking into her vibrant retail shop was nothing short of inspiring! With a huge smile, the client proudly gave us a tour of the business she built through determination, resilience, and plenty of hard work.

Every stocked shelf and every customer served told a story of hope replacing uncertainty.

Behind every success story are social workers who listen, advocate, encourage, coordinate services, conduct home visits, navigate challenges, and walk alongside clients every step of the journey. We celebrate the wins, support clients through setbacks, and never lose sight of the goal, helping families move from vulnerability to self-reliance.

Every home visit, every referral, every follow-up visit and every word of encouragement contributes to stories like this one.

Today, we're celebrating a thriving shop. Tomorrow, it will be another business, another family regaining stability, or another client discovering that they, too, can succeed.

Here's to the incredible resilience of our clients and to every passionate social worker who shows up each day ready to change lives, one household, one dream, and one success story at a time.

09/01/2026

One way we help refugees is by sharing knowledge and resources with other organizations working to expand solutions for refugees. We also support refugee-led organizations (RLOs) and promote refugee leadership through trainings, convenings, and an RLO grant program.

Our Expert in Rwanda recently shared some photos from the RLO Light 4 Refugee, which operates in Mahama Refugee Camp, in close partnership with UNHCR. Light 4 Refugee works to empower refugee youth to thrive through academic preparation, career guidance, and mentorship.

As the focal point for complementary pathways activities at this location, our Expert reported that they were recently able to successfully arrange and allocate office space for Light 4 Refugee.

"Having a dedicated office space will significantly strengthen the organization's capacity to coordinate and deliver complementary pathways activities," they shared. "It will provide a central point for information sharing, career guidance, mentorship, outreach, documentation support, and engagement with prospective applicants seeking opportunities through education, employment, and other complementary pathways initiatives."

Learn more about Light 4 Refugee at https://hubs.la/Q04w4d-k0

09/01/2026

RefugePoint has long recognized the vital role that refugee-led organizations (RLOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) play in responding to the needs of their own communities.

Earlier this year, we awarded grants to 3 urban-based Refugee-Led Organizations (RLOs):

-Women for Peace and Development (WOPEDE), who will implement beauty and literacy training for 50 young women
-Ubuntu Youth Organization, who will provide tailoring and entrepreneurship training to 40 youth
-Ruiru Refugee Renewed Hope Initiative, who will provide business skills training and grants to 40 community members.

As part of the granting process, RefugePoint staff meet with leaders from each organization for goal setting, budgetary alignment, and ensuring transparency in reporting.

Since 2022, RefugePoint has awarded grants to 13 RLOs and CBOs, with 4 receiving multi-year funding, enabling more refugees living in limbo to access lasting solutions.

08/24/2026

On , we’re sharing Nasraden’s story.

Nasraden, a refugee from Ethiopia, runs a successful clothing shop in Nairobi, Kenya. As part of RefugePoint’s self-reliance runway, Nasraden:
1. Received stabilizing services such as food support, medical care, rent support, and education support (for himself and his family)
2. Completed business training
3. Opened his shop using a small business grant from RefugePoint

“We don’t lack what to eat, we don’t lack school fees, we don’t lack house rent,” Nasraden explains. “Now, my life is not bad, but I will continue to press on and work hard with determination and seriousness so that I can transform my life into a better one.”

RefugePoint partners with refugees to build lasting, stable futures.

08/19/2026

Thank you, Isabel Allende!
Happy World Humanitarian Day!

Today, on World Humanitarian Day, I’m sharing this story from RefugePoint Founder & CEO Sasha Chanoff about humanitarianism and moral courage: Face-to-Face Encounters Impose a Moral Responsibility. The link to read this article is here: https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/07/17/refugee-immigration-tps-sasha-chanoff

RefugePoint does incredible work. Learn more by following their account: RefugePoint

08/19/2026

☝️ One act of humanitarianism can change, or even save, a life.

At RefugePoint, we are dedicated to partnering with refugees to build better lives because we have seen, thousands of times over, what these small acts of humanitarianism add up to.

Today on , we’re inviting our entire community to take one humanitarian action this month. Whether you choose to:

🔨 Volunteer locally
🌱 Help fund our work by giving a monthly gift
🖐️ Simply extend a hand to someone in need

Every act of humanity matters, and right now, the world could use more of them. 🔁 Share this post and choose your action to join the movement.

08/15/2026

Five years ago, the world watched the fall of Kabul.

While many Afghan allies reached safety, countless families were separated, waiting years for the chance to be together again.

For years, RefugePoint has been working to reunite Afghan and other refugee families, and we need your help to continue to do so. Will you? Visit the link in the comments.

08/06/2026

There is no single path to safety.

Every refugee's journey is different, and lasting solutions look different for everyone.

At RefugePoint, we work alongside refugees to expand access to these pathways so they can build stable, connected, and thriving lives.

Swipe to learn more.

07/27/2026

Beyond emergency support, refugees need opportunities to rebuild their lives.

At RefugePoint, we work directly with refugees, support partners in the field, and advocate for systems that create long-term change.
Swipe to learn how. ➡️

07/22/2026

Our mission = Lasting solutions for refugees.

Swipe through to read more about what exactly we mean by this, and how we're partnering with refugees around the world to build stable, connected, and thriving lives.