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Nicole Sanchez began her internship in the summer of last year with the Intensive Case Management (ICM) program at the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Phoenix. At the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡), interns play an important role in offering support to our program teams and clients while advancing our mission.

Under the umbrella of ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) in Salt Lake City’s economic well-being services, the Financial Capabilities program serves refugees and new Americans through one-on-one financial coaching, classes and workshops, and access to resources to become financially independent. 

For the first time ever, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) is putting out a crisis alert to its annual Emergency Watchlist report. The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ is calling for urgent action in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, with specific concern for intensifying famine in Somalia that has been dangerously neglected by the international community. By the time a famine is officially declared later this year, it will be too late to save hundreds of thousands of lives.

The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) REACH project, funded by ZIP, Gavi's Humanitarian Partnerships Programme, uses innovative methods to ensure children in communities affected by a conflict and crisis receive all age-appropriate vaccines as routine or catch-up. This report shares how the innovative Indigo vaccine transport system has helped REACH increase vaccination rates in part of the Horn of Africa.

A groundbreaking project, Ahlan Simsim by the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) and Sesame Workshop, has been recognized by the 2023 WISE Awards. Ahlan Simsim has reached over 1.7 million children and their families directly with playful and educational learning opportunities in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, and over 25 million children through the award-winning locally produced Arabic-language version of Sesame Street airing across the Middle East and North Africa.

Here are four reasons why the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s Emergency Watchlist ranks Mali as one of the countries most at risk of experiencing a worsening humanitarian crisis in 2024.

Drawing on data from more than 2,400 refugee households, as well as the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s work in 28 U.S. cities, this report aims to inform future program models in order to create more effective and responsive approaches to building financial capability, lasting economic security for all New Americans.