Sasha Chanoff

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© Nancy Farese, Christophe Calais, and Matthew Edmundson.

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Sasha_Chanoff 2010 | Sasha Chanoff
Founder + Executive Director | RefugePoint
(formerly Mapendo International)


www.RefugePoint.org

Jewish Values

“The Jewish narrative is marked by cycles of human despair and spiritual redemption. This narrative is part of my cultural DNA and has greatly influenced my work around refugee rescue, relief, and resettlement.”

Global Impact

Rescuing refugees who are fleeing genocide and violent persecution and have nowhere to turn for safety. RefugePoint permanently resettles the most at-risk refugees to countries where they can rebuild their lives in safety and with dignity.

The organization is a leader in protecting refugees in urban settings, one of the newest frontiers of refugee assistance, and is influencing the field globally by using the organization’s partnerships with the United Nations, NGOs and resettlement governments to change the way refugee resettlement is handled altogether. To date, RefugePoint has enabled 18,732 refugees to access resettlement to the United States, Australia, Canada and other countries, and provided health care and protective services to over 11,000 refugees.