Topic: Economic Empowerment

Mar 4, 2024

In honor of International Women's Day, we honor inspiring refugee women who fled their home countries and built new lives abroad.

Feb 26, 2024

HIAS is excited to announce that we have been selected as a Top 25 finalist for the 2024 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability, a national award to recognize ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to housing affordability.

Jan 30, 2024

Refugees deserve decent economic opportunities. Here's how HIAS collaborates with the private sector to make that happen.

Dec 27, 2023

After fleeing violence and persecution in Haiti, Esther used HIAS' help to make her favorite dishes in her new country, Guyana.

Dec 19, 2023

In a year marked by geopolitical conflict and other challenges, HIAS expanded its services to meet the needs of displaced people worldwide.

Sep 22, 2023

Economic inclusion programs work with displaced people to achieve their long-term financial stability and self-reliance in host communities. Here are five ways these programs work at HIAS.

Aug 31, 2023

As the urban refugee population in Nairobi and other cities in Kenya numbers about 88,000, the ways to reach clients is sometimes a challenge. So HIAS offices sometimes go to the clients, rather than the other way around.

Jul 31, 2023

After fleeing to Costa Rica from her native Nicaragua, Erika Sanchez opened her own restaurant through the help of HIAS' Graduation Model Approach.

Jun 27, 2023

HIAS' economic inclusion programs have transformed women's lives in Colombia.

Jun 13, 2023

After Alejandra Ortega left Venezuela, she found community — and opportunity — after coming into contact with HIAS Guyana.