11 Celebrities Raising Their Voices For Refugees
Right now, the world is facing the largest refugee crisis since World War II. Worldwide, more than 22.5 million refugees have been forced to flee their communities because of war, violence, and...
View ArticleListening Could Change Everything For Refugee Women
Despite it being generally acknowledged that women make up almost half of the worlds displaced population, refugee and displaced women still face significant gender-specific challenges during their...
View ArticleThis World Refugee Day, How Can Companies Step Forward?
Those were once my father’s eyes. My mother’s. This World Refugee Day, when I come across photos and stories of refugees on Facebook and Twitter, that’s what I want to remember. Their story is my...
View Article4 Ways You Can Help Children Separated From Their Parents At The US Border
They’ve been called the voices left out of the conversation. Their cries can be heard in a disturbing, new recording. They are babies and children separated from their parents and placed in detention...
View ArticleRadio For Refugees: How You’re Helping One Year After Rohingya Crisis Flares
The end of August marks one year since more than 700,000 Rohingya people from Western Myanmar were violently cast from their homes and from their country. Facing coordinated, systematic, and brutal...
View ArticleAccelerator Spotlight: She Raised More Than $15,000 To Support South Sudanese...
Q: Why did One Light Global decide to make crowdfunding part of your overall fundraising and learning strategy? A: We wanted to learn about and experiment with new fundraising strategies....
View ArticleHe Is A Champion For Rohingya Refugee Children In Bangladesh
When nearly one million Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in August 2017, Korvi Rakshand didn’t hesitate. He knew JAAGO Foundation, the education nonprofit he founded in 2007, would do...
View Article4 Dangerous Myths Used To Vilify Migrants At The US Border
You’ve seen the shocking images. Children and toddlers being hit with tear gas by US border agents near the Tijuana border. Exhausted families on the run from violence, called invaders and forced to...
View Article3 Ways You Can Make A Difference On International Migrants Day
In the past few months, thousands of people from Central America have fled their countries, forced from their homes because of state and gang violence, extreme poverty, and persecution. Many of their...
View ArticleSpecial Needs In Sharp Focus: How Refugee Services Will Evolve In 2019
Across Europe, refugees and displaced people are experiencing alarming and urgent rights violations, with squalid and inadequate living conditions, poor sanitary services and a lack of access to...
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An Inside Look At A Viral Instagram Campaign For Migrants In Tijuana
The Challenge Asylum seekers stranded without services For 30 years, the International Community Foundation (ICF) has served an important role as a philanthropic leader in the San Diego/Tijuana border...
View Article4 Things Companies Can Do On World Refugee Day To Go Beyond Philanthropy
As we approach World Refugee Day 2019, the global refugee population stands at an all-time high. With more than 25 million refugees around the world—an even greater number than at the end of the Second...
View ArticleYour Guide To Giving At The US-Mexico Border
Appalling gang violence and human rights abuses in Mexico, Central America, and beyond have forced families, individuals, and children to seek protection within US borders. The list of asylum seekers...
View ArticleVenezuela Migration Crisis: Fast Facts
1. According to the UN, this mass exodus is the “largest in the recent history of Latin America and the Caribbean.” As of May 2019, over 3.7 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants have left their...
View ArticleUnderstanding The Venezuelan Refugee Crisis—And How Businesses Can Help
The Tent Partnership for Refugees, a nonprofit organization that mobilizes the private sector to improve the lives and livelihoods of refugees all over the world, recently commissioned new research to...
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How To Help Immigrant Children
Migrant and immigrant children are some of the most vulnerable populations in the United States. From fleeing high levels of violence in their home countries and completing a dangerous journey to the...
View ArticleWhy World Refugee Day Needs Corporate Support, Especially Now
World Refugee Day takes place on June 20, and it’s a critical opportunity for GlobalGiving to raise awareness and support for our nonprofit partners who support people fleeing from unimaginable...
View Article5 Realities For Refugees Living Through COVID-19
1. 80% of refugees live in middle-to-low income countries that have very limited health care systems. On March 25, 2020, The New York Times reported “An ‘Apocalyptic’ Coronavirus Surge at an N.Y.C....
View ArticleRecognizing World Refugee Week During A Global Pandemic
Around the world, refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons are living through a global pandemic without a permanent home, attempting to follow social distancing guidelines in crowded...
View ArticleA Quote To Share Every Waking Hour Of World Refugee Day
Here is one quote for you to share for every waking hour on June 20. World Refugee Day is observed on this day every year to raise awareness of the plight of millions of people who are forced to leave...
View ArticleFast Facts About The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Fact 1 Syria’s uprising, which started in 2011 and turned into a civil war, has created one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time. Half of the country’s pre-conflict population—an estimated 12...
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10 Eye-Opening Facts To Share On World Refugee Day
Photo: Global Refugee Fund by IsraAid 1. There are 79.5 million people around the world who have been forcibly displaced—the highest figure ever recorded. Source: UNHCR Share Photo: Heal Syrian...
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The Climate Displacement Crisis Is Already Here—And Bigger Than You Might Think
Extreme weather and natural disasters have displaced an astonishing 12.6 million people around the world—in the last six months alone. This makes climate change one of the leading causes of global...
View ArticleVenezuela’s Emergency: Fast Facts
1. About 96% of Venezuelans live in poverty. Hyperinflation has made it difficult for people in Venezuela to access food and meet other basic needs. And Venezuela’s poverty rate has become the highest...
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4 Neglected Crises + Communities That Need Your Attention In 2022
The past few years have fundamentally changed how many of us live and engage with our communities. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals, nonprofits, governments, and corporations gave in...
View ArticleHow Companies Can Help The New Children Of War
There were two children who began their lives in refugee camps and experienced war along the Russian border. The sound of bombs and shooting was persistent. The story is not too different from what...
View Article5 Ways To Help Ukraine’s Refugees
Since Russia started a war in Ukraine on Feb. 24, the number of Ukraine’s refugees leaving their homes has reached 4 million. That’s nearly 10% of the country’s population of 44 million—and around half...
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13 Powerful Refugee Stories From Around The World
Alia Alia fled her home in Aleppo, Syria and is currently living in Damour, Lebanon. She shared her story through Gruppo Aleimar, an Italian NGO which provides free nutritious meals to refugees in the...
View ArticleRohingya Refugee Crisis: By The Numbers
8-25-17 Date that a small group of Rohingya insurgents linked to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army conducted a coordinated attack against roughly 30 police outposts in the Rakhine state in western...
View ArticleTurkey + Syria Earthquake: Fast Facts
1. The earthquake was the strongest to hit Turkey in decades. From its epicenter in Gaziantep, in south-central Turkey, the 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook residents in Turkey and neighboring...
View Article6 Reasons Why Refugees Need Your Support After The Turkey-Syria Earthquakes
In the wake of the Turkey and Syria earthquakes, rescue workers searched through the rubble of thousands of collapsed buildings in freezing winter temperatures. But in many areas of northwestern Syria,...
View ArticleHow 5 Nonprofits Are Answering The Call For Help In Turkey And Syria
A 5.6 magnitude tremor on Monday was the latest major aftershock to rock southern Turkey (officially the Republic of Türkiye) after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region on Feb. 6. This is...
View ArticleA Warm Welcome Could Mean Everything To Refugees—And Their Communities
Across our newsfeeds, racism, xenophobia, and fear, often stirred by politicians and power-holding elites, are intended to fuel hostility toward people who join our communities. Rather than promoting...
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Our Dreams: 9 Notes Of Hope From Refugees
From playing guitar, to starting over in New York City, to making clothing, refugees around the world have dreams and goals worthy of your support. These refugee notes describe eight stories of hope...
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Portraits Of Hope: Stories From Ukraine And Beyond
GlobalGiving recently conducted a three-country trip to visit the awe-inspiring, local partners at the heart of our response to the devastating war and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. We visited more...
View Article5 Ways You Can Help Afghan Refugees + Families
Afghan refugees and families are facing a humanitarian crisis with no clear end in sight. Here are five simple, but powerful ways you can help: 1. Give cash. After more than 40 years of conflict,...
View ArticleBusking For Refugees: 3 Musicians Raising Thousands For Crisis Relief
I’ve been living in Charlottesville, Va. for about five years, and I have come to regard the Farmers Market at IX Art Park as my favorite place to be—and to build community. Through the COVID-19...
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