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Dispatches from a Financial Coach: Lessons on the Economic Empowerment of Immigrants

October 16, 2022October 25, 2022 Anastasia Thano 1440 Views 0 Comment Economic Empowerment, Egypt, Financial Health, Integration, Syria, United States

By Omar Shoukry Notable deficiencies in financial management skills over the last decade in the US have encouraged a growing

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The Dynamic Nature of the Haitian Sòl

November 8, 2021December 19, 2021 Anastasia Thano 5826 Views 0 Comment Haiti, Informal Savings Groups, Integration, United States

By Aaron Steinberg During the winter of 2019–2020, I interviewed two first-generation Haitian immigrants, both men in their twenties. We

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Running in Place, Castles of Sand Finance in displacement (FIND) Kenya

November 2, 2021June 21, 2022 Anastasia Thano 1454 Views 0 Comment Africa, East Africa, Financial Health, Integration, Kenya, Money and Finance, Refugees

By Julie Zollmann and Catherine Wanjala Throughout the course of 2020, our team set out to understand the financial lives

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Following where Community-Driven Organizations Lead: Lessons for strengthening refugee financial integration

January 22, 2021November 14, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 1464 Views 0 Comment Burundi, Congo, Ethiopia, Host and Transition Communities, Humanitarian Aid, Identity and Documents, Integration, Kenya, Language, Livelihoods, Money and Finance, Religion, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda

By Julie Zollman and Kim Wilson “We have many people with a broken heart because of their history. So, we

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Financial Integration and Friendship

November 30, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 884 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Friends and Networks, Gender, Host and Transition Communities, Integration, Kenya, Language, Somalia, South Sudan

In this issue of Fresh FINDings we feature research from Kenya, led by Julie Zollmann in collaboration with Cate Wanjala.

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Friendships, Networks and Financial Integration in Displacement

November 16, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 1519 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Financial Health, Friends and Networks, Integration, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Language, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Yemen

Friendships are important for everyone but are crucial for refugees

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Parque La Carolina

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 2908 Views 0 Comment Bangladesh, Colombia, Coping and Thriving, Ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and Transition Communities, Identity and Documents, India, Integration, Language, lebanon, Livelihoods, Venezuela

A hub for work and play, Parque La Carolina acts as a microcosm of migrant and local dynamics in Quito,

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Innovation (Charlie, Josephina and Juan)

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 1561 Views 0 Comment Bangladesh, Colombia, Coping and Thriving, Ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and Transition Communities, Identity and Documents, India, Integration, Language, lebanon, Livelihoods, Venezuela

“Ratcheting-up” livelihoods through entrepreneurship and innovation allow migrants to get a foothold in their new home

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Discrimination

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 3140 Views 0 Comment Colombia, Coping and Thriving, Ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and Transition Communities, Identity and Documents, Integration, Language, Livelihoods

Skin color blurs the line between migrant and local, and exposes underlying assumptions about class, ethnicity, and immigration status

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Jose and Margarita

October 13, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 1642 Views 0 Comment Coping and Thriving, Ecuador, Friends and Networks, Host and Transition Communities, Identity and Documents, Integration, Language, Livelihoods, Venezuela

Self-help communities grow as Venezuelan migrants find solidarity and solace in friendship

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