Esmeraldas, one of Ecuador’s least developed provinces, has seen the arrival of over 6,000 refugees and 18,000 asylum seekers in the past ten years, mostly from the Pacific Coast of Colombia. Their considerable humanitarian needs have only increased over time, as have...
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...
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...
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...
