Exciting news: We’re moving!
Stories from UNHCR Innovation have a new home: on our refreshed website.The new homepage of https://www.unhcr.org/innovation.For five years, this Medium page has been home to UNHCR Innovation’s...
View ArticleRefugees innovating for inclusive climate action
Refugees disproportionately bear the brunt of our changing climate — but they’re also innovating to adapt. UNHCR is helping bring their solutions to life.In Zimbabwe, young refugee activists are...
View ArticleIt’s OK to not be OK: Digital mental health in Mahama Refugee Camp
Many residents endured anxiety and depression in silence. An offline, interactive voice response system is changing that, and opening up pathways to care.A “choose-your-own-adventure” delivered through...
View ArticleRefugee entrepreneurs transforming waste into self-reliance
In Quito, people forced to flee are founding businesses — and reimagining their futures — using what others throw away.Participants in the Ecoactivo project used discarded food and clothing to develop...
View ArticleLittle by little: How accessible loans are opening the door to clean cooking...
In Mbera Refugee Camp, a project making LPG accessible through staggered payments is changing how people cook — and promoting human and environmental health.Mohamed Ag Litni, a Malian refugee in Mbera...
View ArticlePainting freedom across borders: How digital art is transforming refugee...
A creative journey is enabling young refugees to connect virtually and reimagine their futures.A participant makes art using a virtual reality headset during Artolution’s Virtual Bridges workshop....
View Article‘Building communities is care work’: Innovating alongside others
Innovation is a complex, iterative process. Building online communities around that process can be critical to sparking real change — but comes with its own challenges.Online community building is both...
View ArticleLeveraging AI for community-based protection
As millions fled Ukraine, their online conversations ballooned. Using new technologies, those exchanges could inform a more efficient, data-driven response.Poland. Polish border town welcomes largest...
View ArticleThe Refugee-led Innovation Fund welcomes a new cohort of changemakers
Across the world, organizations led by displaced and stateless people are innovating to support their communities. We’re right beside them.Photo of trainees. ©Solidarity Initiative for Refugees...
View ArticleBegin with the end in mind: Reducing barriers to refugees’ access to work
Building refugee self-reliance through vocational, digital skills and on-the-job training in Indonesia.UNHCR Indonesia is testing approaches to enable refugees to improve their employability and...
View ArticleMeasuring to mitigate: Managing psychosocial risks at UNHCR
Humanitarians face workplace stressors that can affect their mental health. A new tool aims to support data-driven strategies to address those stressors at UNHCR.UNHCR Community-based Protection...
View ArticleInnovating to anticipate outbreaks
Wastewater-based epidemiology could support proactive disease detection in displacement settings. What are the challenges — and opportunities?Dzaleka Refugee Camp, in Malawi, hosts more than 53,000...
View ArticleVoices of resilience: How storytelling is changing young lives in Nigeria
In Maiduguri, digital storytelling skills are enabling young displaced people and their hosts to change the narrative — and rediscover purpose.Project participants gained skills to share their own...
View ArticleCommunity-driven digital literacy for self-reliance
In the Americas and elsewhere, digital literacy is critical for people forced to flee. We’ve been working with communities to understand needs and cascade essential skills.Venezuelan Nehomar Alonso...
View ArticleDigital lifelines for communities in crisis
Reimagining mental health and psychosocial support for forcibly displaced people in Sudan and beyond.Digital MHPSS can help bridge gaps in traditional support systems. Image: shutterstock stock image...
View ArticleTransformando Soacha a través del turismo regenerativo
En Colombia, una iniciativa liderada por personas forzadas a huir y su comunidad de acogida celebra el patrimonio natural y cultural mientras desarrolla oportunidades laborales y construye cohesión...
View ArticleTransforming Soacha through regenerative tourism
In Colombia, people forced to flee are working alongside host communities to celebrate heritage and develop work opportunities.Members of Senda Soachuna, Fundación Genval, and UNHCR inaugurate a...
View ArticleMapping digital employment opportunities for refugees
Hiring refugee talent remotely is both good business sense and socially beneficial. How can the business community in the United Kingdom lead the charge?Mohamed Aweys, 19, benefiting from working in...
View ArticleIn this together
Ensuring refugees play a substantive role in UNHCR decision-making is a work in progress — and it’s essential for effective, equitable programming.Rez Gardi of R-SEAT (left) and Julius Ntobuah of...
View ArticleDigital hub empowers refugees and locals in Ecuador
Ensuring refugee entrepreneurs in Ecuador have the digital tools and training they need to achieve self-reliance.Andrew Castro demonstrates how to use a 3D printer to help create products for...
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