We expand opportunities for refugees and other forcibly displaced populations to become self-reliant and achieve their goals.

We are thrilled to announce that the RSRI has officially joined @bluesky! 🦋 Join our growing global network and follow us for the latest on refugee self-reliance: buff.ly/WOVHW1U
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📣 Please join the RSRI for our next #12Months12Domains webinar, which will explore the complexities of household & enterprise debt, examine how refugees experience & manage financial risk, and consider approaches that help build sustainable self-reliance: refugepoint.zoom.us/webinar/…
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🌏 Yesterday marked Day 1 of the RSRI's latest learning exchange, bringing together nearly 60 leaders from CBOs rooted in refugee, displaced, and migrant communities across Southeast Asia to share experiences, challenges, and lessons on advancing refugee self-reliance!
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Participants explored what self-reliance means in their respective contexts, heard directly from Thailand-based CBOs about their experiences and priorities, and exchanged perspectives from Malaysia and the wider region.
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Over the next two days, participants in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and online will build on these discussions and connect community-led learning with action toward more inclusive and sustainable futures for refugees and other forcibly displaced people across Southeast Asia!
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✍ In our latest #12Months12Domains blog on assistance, Anna Nicol draws on @RefugePt's Urban Refugee Protection Program (URPP) to demonstrate how individualized, people-centered support can translate into measurable progress toward self-reliance: refugeeselfreliance.org/blog…
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This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we’re highlighting the important connection between mental health and refugee self-reliance. @RefugePt, @Refugees, and @RefugeeSRI examine the evidence behind this relationship in a new White Paper: refugeeselfreliance.org/blog…
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📣 Please join the RSRI for our next #12Months12Domains webinar, which will explore how promising assistance models, including CVA, the Graduation Approach, and local, refugee-led mutual aid efforts, can lay the foundation for sustainable self-reliance: refugepoint.zoom.us/webinar/…
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💸 Can cash assistance support refugee self-reliance? In our latest #12Months12Domains blog, Holly Welcome Radice of the @calpnetwork, highlights seven ways cash assistance can help create the conditions for greater self-reliance: refugeeselfreliance.org/blog…
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Hosted by The Sidebar and co-facilitated by @RefugeeSRI, @GlasswingSV, and @IntrntlCouncil, ​this UNGA/Climate Week NYC 2026 event will explore what the evidence tells us about refugee self-reliance and where practice needs to evolve: luma.com/qk9oad8e?tk=njfGiL
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As Thailand recognizes the one-year anniversary of its landmark August 26, 2025 Cabinet resolution granting refugees formal access to work today, the RSRI is offering a timely new perspective on what this milestone means and what it does not: refugeeselfreliance.org/blog…
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This #WorldHumanitarianDay, we’re reflecting on what it takes to move from humanitarian assistance toward sustainable self-reliance. Read our latest blog post on closing documentation gaps and creating meaningful pathways to self-reliance for refugees: refugeeselfreliance.org/blog…
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📣 Please join the RSRI for our next #12Months12Domains webinar, which will explore evidence-based approaches to expanding employment opportunities—from skills development and digital work to entrepreneurship and private-sector engagement: refugepoint.zoom.us/webinar/…
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Please join us on Thursday, July 30, for the RSRI's monthly Climate Risks and Self-Reliance Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting! Register now: refugepoint.zoom.us/meeting/…
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[NEW BLOG POST] @youthVoicesCom shares how their research in Nairobi uncovered the critical links among health, disability, and economic opportunity, and how those findings have evolved into community-led advocacy and institution-building: refugeeselfreliance.org/blog…
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📣 Please join the RSRI for our next #12Months12Domains webinar, which will explore programming, policy, and research efforts at the intersection of refugee #selfreliance and disability inclusion: refugepoint.zoom.us/webinar/…
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