At the young age of seven, Emmanuel Jal was taken from his family in South Sudan and forced to become a child soldier. Released from captivity after 5 years, Emmanuel turned to music as a way to cope with his past. Today, the globally acclaimed hip-hop artist broadcasts his message of peace and equality as an advocate for social justice and human rights. As part of his international We Want Peace tour, Emmanuel will perform at Kakuma Refugee Camp, tomorrow, September 28, 2013. More than 10,000 refugees and members from the surrounding community are expected to attend. Hosted by FilmAid,…

In continuation of our efforts to support families separated by conflict, famine or disaster, Refugees United is pleased to extend our on-the-ground mobile operations to Uganda. Launching next week in Kampala, our program will initially target the nearly 30,000 urban refugees who live within the city limits.  Most refugees in the area are of Congolese decent, followed by South Sudanese and Ethiopian. Refugees United will be working with InterAid, UNHCR (The UN Refugee Agency), the Xavier Project and the Office of the Prime Minister to increase awareness of the Refugees United tool and register those in need. Project Lead, Duke…

This month, Refugees United began a program in Eastleigh, a predominantly Somali neighbourhood just outside of Nairobi. With more than a million Somali Refugees spread throughout Kenya, countless stories of conflict, drought and famine have torn families apart. The program in Eastleigh was created to help as many people as possible find their missing loved ones.   To achieve this, project lead and Refugees United Ambassador, Farhiya Shazz, spoke to students receiving education from the local non-profit organization, Kobciye, about our program and asked for their help. Eager to give back to their community as Kobciye has done for them,…

https://info.refunite.org/sites/default/files/pdf/PressReleases/press_release_july_9.pdf https://info.refunite.org/sites/default/files/pdf/PressReleases/press_release_july_9.pdf https://info.refunite.org/sites/default/files/pdf/PressReleases/press_release_july_9.pdf https://info.refunite.org/sites/default/files/pdf/PressReleases/press_release_july_9.pdf https://info.refunite.org/sites/default/files/pdf/PressReleases/press_release_july_9.pdf On July 6, 2013 Refugees United launched a new nation-wide awareness campaign to connect Kenyan youth to their missing loved ones. This campaign taps into the power of storytelling and builds on the popular comic book universe “Shujaaz,” invented by Well Told Story, an Emmy Award winning company specializing in comic books and multiple, trans media for good. Click here to read more.

There was such overwhelming interest in our Global Hack for Good on World Refugee Day – we could not accommodate all that wanted to participate! So we are announcing the old fashioned way – on Facebook and Twitter! First, the challenge: The number of forcibly displaced people around the world is measured now at 43 million. Many are families who have been separated due to conflict, war, and disaster. Most have no access to computers or the internet other than on a mobile phone. That is why a mobile platform to help them reconnect is so important. Last year, Bill Clinton…