RefugePoint

When refugees have access to the right support, they can open businesses, give back, and help their communities thrive.

Our goal is to help refugees move from being dependent on aid to being self-reliant, from living in danger to living in safety.

Your continued support gives refugee families the chance to rebuild their lives, step by step, until they can stand on their own.

Hay Ma was just four years old when her family fled Myanmar.

“Because of the situation in Myanmar is not good for us, I and my family, we came here,” she said. Her family are members of the Karen ethnic minority in Myanmar, and were persecuted for their ethnicity. In 2007, Hay Ma and her family crossed into Thailand and settled in a refugee camp. She has been there ever since.

Now 23, Hay Ma has spent 18 years living inside the camp, nearly her entire life. Despite the constraints of displacement, she continues to support her community and dreams of a future outside the camp.

RefugePoint submitted Hay Ma’s family’s case for resettlement to the United States. But due to the current U.S. pause on refugee admissions, her case is on hold, and her future remains uncertain.

“I just feel a little lost hope,” she said. “But I think we will find another opportunity to live our life.”

RefugePoint staff members are working to find alternative solutions for refugees like Hay Ma around the world facing similar circumstances.