Priority Areas: Refugees & Displaced Persons
The Foundation defines a refugee/displaced person as one who is forced to flee his or her home and is unable to return home due to armed conflict, human rights abuses including but not limited to political, cultural or religious persecution, environmental degradation or disaster.
The Foundation seeks to support efforts that both directly improve the lives of refugees/displaced people who are waiting to return home or to settle in another country as well as promote improvements in refugee policy and practice.
We support advocacy as well as innovative and successful programs related to:
- livlihoods
- psychosocial support
- education and training
- leadership development
We are particularly interested in programs that integrate a larger reform agenda into their work, using their knowledge on the ground to influence broader policy and practice.
Because the Foundation recognizes that a majority of the world's refugee population is women and children, we are particularly interested in work that ensures that their unique needs are being addressed.