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A Precarious Life for Somali Refugees in Nairobi
This blog post was written by Anne Richard for our affilliate organization, The International Rescue Committee.
Commemorating World Humanitarian Day
Today we celebrate World Humanitarian Day, honoring the men and women who devote their lives to the challenging and dangerous work of providing humanitarian aid. Every day,...
Desperate lives: urban refugee women in Malaysia and Egypt
Dale Buscher, director of protection, and Lauren Heller, program officer, Women's Refugee Commission, have an article in the current edition of Forced Migration Review, which focuses on urban displacement. The article, “Desperate lives: u...
Finding What Works: Learning from Refugee Youths’ Struggles
At first glance, Staten Island’s Park Hill Avenue seems like a typical New York City block with its six-story apartments towering on the horizon. Seemingly peaceful, the area is characterized as a low-income neighborhood, with all the attendant...
Helping Refugees Prepare for Life Outside of a Refugee Camp
Stop and think: What were you doing 17 years ago? You may have had a computer, but probably used it just for word processing, maybe email. When you needed to find information, you had to look in a book, even go to the library. No Google. No...
Looking Beyond Camps: Alternatives Offer a More Dignified Solution
In a couple of recent New York Times articles (here and
Photo Blog: Working to Help Young People in Liberia Get Jobs
Photo Essay: On the Ground in Nairobi's Slums
This summer, our Livelihoods team...
Reducing the Risks of Gender-Based Violence: Moving from Theory to Practice
Refugee Livelihoods, Refugee Lives
Monday Developments magazine, June 2009 issue Dale Buscher, director of protection at the Women's Refugee Commission, writes about the need to create opportunities for the displaced to help themselves.
Struggling to Make a Living in Ethiopia: Surviving in the Informal Economy
Food is scarce in Ethiopia, where most of the population lives in...
Urban Refugees “101”
Every day it seems we hear about a new crisis somewhere in the world. With the rise in natural disasters and conflicts over the last several years, it’s not hard to see why the number of displaced people continues to grow. There are now 10.5 m...
Urban Refugees: Ingenuity essential to making ends meet in Nairobi
Voices from Dadaab: the Daily Struggle to Cook a Meal
When Food Is Not Enough to Stop Famine
Read the Huffington Post piece by Senior Program Officer Erin Patrick on the cooking fuel needs of the thousands of Somalis fleeing famine and pouring...
Why Refugees Need to Make a Living
Dale Buscher, director of programs, discusses why refugees need to make a living on the Huffington Post.
