Refugees Are Net Assets

One of our core tenets is the belief that philanthropy is just one tool for investing in refugees. In order to fully understand why we believe that, it is key to understand our fundamental beliefs that we must:

1) Change the current predominant narrative around refugees/immigrants as liabilities to one of assets;
 

2) Identify, support, and create win-win opportunities around refugee resettlement.
 

3) Recognize that “Talent is universally distributed, but opportunity is not.”
 

We know that the only way to effectively address the current global refugee crisis is to identify opportunities for refugees to benefit the communities where they have resettled. The humanitarian benefit is of course significant, but only by convincing governments and local communities that they too are coming out ahead will we be able to make a dent in the 26 million (and growing) refugees worldwide.

It is that precise understanding that also drives us to utilize creative financing when helping more refugees get to to safety. 

Sometimes pure philanthropy is the only way. Philanthropy almost always makes sense to utilize for risk capital and for initial pilot, but below you will see a multitude of examples of where utilizing other forms of capital will help many more refugees and host societies than philanthropy alone could ever handle.