Where We Work
Restoring dignity in urban displacement with refugee-led partners
Refugee Protection International – RPI aids civilians in conflict-zones both through direct cross-border aid by traveling US staff and community-based volunteers, as well as by partnering with refugee-led and community aid groups and supporting their work financially, technically, and by shipping in-kinds humanitarian aid.
For war-affected civilians in Ukraine, RPI procures medical and relief aid in Romania and drives it into Ukraine for our partner Ukrainian hospitals, shelters, and community-based organizations. RPI also supports Ukrainian and Romanian nonprofits engaged in relief work inside Ukraine.
For Gaza’s war-affected civilians, RPI partners with Kids Paradise and other humanitarian organizations to support the procurement of food aid, shelter insulation, hygiene and relief supplies and their distribution to vulnerable women, children, elderly and disabled civilians displaced within the Gaza Strip. As part of this process, RPI oversees the Gaza relief programs “Malak Fund” and “Gaza Giving” implemented through our lead partner Kids Paradise organization and coordinating partners of RPI. On the ground, displaced woman Malak Fada runs the community kichen effort that has moved from Rafah to west Khan Younis. Our hearts go out to all victims suffering from the Israel-Gaza war.
For civilians affected by the Syrian regional crisis, RPI co-designs, supports, and oversees humanitarian efforts implemented by its refugee-led/grassroots partner organizations who are registered charities in Turkey and Lebanon. RPI has done this since late 2015. RPI has also been supporting Turkish and Syrian earthquake victims with these same partners.
In the US, RPI sells refugee-made crafts made overseas through RPI-funded livelihoods skills training programs for war-displaced women living in the camps in northern Syria, Lebanon, and the city of Odessa, Ukraine with the support of our training partner organizations Multi Aid Programs, Kids Paradise, The Way Home Odessa Charity, and previously URDA. RPI re-grants the majority of sale proceeds through its refugee-led charity partners to support humanitarian cash-for-work for the displaced women making the products following their training, as well as training stipends, non-formal primary education for their children in the refugee camps, and broader humanitarian efforts in their communities.
Below is a list of project locations. We will continue to expand and address other crises in the world.
Locations of projects in the Gaza Strip
- West Khan Younis, South Gaza (current)
- North Gaza – Gaza City, Jabalia camp and surrounding areas (current)
- Aid procurement in Jordan and Egypt for Gaza (current)
- Rafah, South Gaza Gaza (past)
Locations of projects in Ukraine:
- Kherson province (current)
- Zaporizhzhia province (current)
- Odesa province (current)
- Mykolaiv province (current)
- Chernivtsi province (current)
- Kyiv province (current)
- Poltava province (current)
- Sumy province (current)
- Kirovohrad province (past)
Location of projects in Syria (implemented by our local partners in Turkey):
- Deir ez-Zor province, Northeast Syria (current)
- Aleppo province, northwest Syria (current)
- Idlib province, northwest Syria (current)
- Eastern Ghouta (past)
- Daraa province (past)
Location of projects in Lebanon:
- Bekaa Valley – Central (current)
- Bekaa Valley – Aarsal (current)
- Shatila (past)
- Tripoli (past)
Locations of projects in southern Turkey:
- Antakya (current)
- Gaziantep (current)
- Kahramanmaras (past)
- Sanliurfa (past)
Locations of projects in Romania:
- Preparedness activities in Romania support projects in Ukraine; some direct aid has gone to Ukrainian refugees in northern Romania and to Romanian NGOs supporting aid procurement and transport into Ukraine
Shaded in grey = Countries we have projects in.
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Launched in 2012, Basmeh and Zeitooneh delivers humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees and conflict-affected civilians in Lebanon, Turkey and Syria, with a focus on women and children. This NGO is registered in Lebanon and Turkey.
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Olive Branch has delivered education, protection, women's empowerment and livelihoods support to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons and local civilians in Syria since 2012. This humanitarian non-profit is in headquartered in Turkey with additional offices in Lebanon, Jordan, and Germany.
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The Sustainable International Medical Relief Organization was established by a group of Syrian doctors in 2014. Registered in Turkey, SIMRO implements strategic medical relief projects in Syria.
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Multi Aid Programs was set-up by a Syrian neurosurgeon. Registered in Lebanon by 2016, MAPS has provided over 500,000 Syrian refugees and locals in Lebanon with non-formal education, health care, continuing education, community service, and relief items.
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The Union of Relief and Development Associations (URDA) seeks to be an influential reference for humanitarian work in Lebanon and the leading umbrella for grassroots initiatives with sustainable capabilities working professionally to develop the society under international standards.
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Kids Paradise Organization implements projects in Turkey and Syria focused on food security and livelihoods, urgent response, shelter, protection, non-food items, water and sanitation. Founded by a group of Syrian volunteers in 2012, Kids Paradise was registered as an NGO in Turkey in 2016.
