Food
Climate Help From Overseas
The agricultural city of Fundão, Portugal, is integrating foreign migrants to help with fire mitigation, climate resiliency, and rural revitalization.
Tag: Refugees
Philanthropy & Funding
Building the Refugee Economy
As humanitarian aid agencies buckle under the collapse of financial support, the private sector must step in to invest in refugees and integrate them into the economy. We review three models of success and offer investment strategies. | This article is free to all readers thanks to sponsorship by the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.
Cities
SSIR’s 2025 Social Innovation Reading List
Highlights of this year’s book reviews and excerpts on topics including gun violence prevention, cash transfers, refugees, regenerative agriculture, adapting to climate change, reinventing solidarity, and more.
Review
Cities
Humanitarian Cities in Flux
As refugees transform urban spaces, we must build the infrastructure to make it for the good.
Human Rights
An End to Mass Violence
The cover story of our new issue examines efforts around the world to prevent identity-based violence, genocide, and mass atrocities.
Human Rights
Electronic Refugee Aid
The UN refugee agency is implementing a mobile-wallet system to provide cash assistance to refugees in Jordan.
Technology
The Urgent Need to Reimagine Data Consent
Data is a powerful tool in addressing contemporary challenges, but current consent models don’t go far enough to align with community expectations and protect vulnerable populations.
Human Rights
How Refugee Crises Become Permanent
Framework for refugee protection in Rwanda creates systemic barriers to helping refugees in the long term.
Human Rights
The Teddy Bear Bus
Children fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine are gifted a plush toy from volunteers when they arrive in Hungary.
Human Rights
A Perilous Crossing
The tens of thousands of Haitians who have migrated through Central and South America since 2010 have captured the attention of the media, immigration officials, and human rights advocates.