Innovation Fellow Profile: Oscar Sánchez Piñeiro

Innovation Fellow Profile: Oscar Sánchez Piñeiro

Oscar Sánchez Piñeiro Livelihoods Officer Duty Station: Quito, Ecuador I’m addressing the challenge of how to help refugees become entrepreneurs, and how to make refugee-led business more competitive. Refugees and asylum seekers often arrive with depleted capital or...
Innovation Fellow Profile: Gavin David White

Innovation Fellow Profile: Gavin David White

Gavin David White External Relations Officer Duty Station: Mafraq, Jordan I’m addressing the challenge of establishing new strategic partnerships that respond to the evolved vocational learning needs of Syrian refugee and Jordanian youth. The urban nature of...
11 New Year’s resolutions for humanitarian innovation

11 New Year’s resolutions for humanitarian innovation

2015 was a hard year to digest. Now every 1 in 122 humans is either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum. But a new year represents the opportunity to set goals and visions of what we hope 2016 will bring. And while New Year’s resolutions are often easy...