The Refugee Archive

The Refugee Archive is a nonprofit dedicated to documenting the voices of #FemaleHeadedHouseholds among refugees and displaced communities. Through oral histories, research, and programs, we capture the daily lives, resilience, and wisdom of those living in displacement. Watch our About Us video to see how these stories inform policy, guide humanitarian action, and amplify voices that are often unheard #RefugeeVoices #Displaced #RefugeeStories

Heritage Should Not Be Celebrated Only After It Is Almost Lost. Displaced single mothers can carry family memory and identity even after home is disrupted. Help us preserve more oral histories: therefugeearchive.org/donate #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #TheRefugeeArchive

Chariot Put $500 Behind the Work Thank you, Chariot, for supporting our DAF Day campaign. That gift helps us collect oral histories from displaced single mothers and turn lived experience into research that can improve humanitarian policy and services. Give through DAF: therefugeearchive.org/dafday #DAFDay #TheRefugeeArchive

A Childhood Can Disappear Before the Memory Does Juliette by @Mitchel09424639 turns memories of Katanga into art. The familiar landscape holds the childhood she remembers while contrasting scenes show what displacement changed. Watch Juliette’s story: youtu.be/F1VBiMTBv5A?si=jdav… #ArtOfOralHistory #TheRefugeeArchive

Art Inspired by Displaced Single Mothers Belongs in Public View. On Nov. 27 at MAD House, University of Lagos, these stories will reach the public through art. We’re still raising funds to make the exhibition possible: gofund.me/194664f4f #TheRefugeeArchive #ArtForSocialImpact

Art Can Put Testimony Where People Cannot Ignore It. On Nov. 27, seven Nigerian artists will bring oral histories of displaced single mothers into public view at MAD House, University of Lagos. We’re still raising funds to make it happen: gofund.me/194664f4f #TheRefugeeArchive #ArtForSocialImpact #OralHistory

Art Can Carry a Story Further These works began with the oral histories of displaced single mothers. The exhibit will give those stories another place to be seen and remembered. Help bring the exhibit to life: gofund.me/194664f4f #TheRefugeeArchive #ArtForSocialImpact

The Story Should Not Enter the Room Alone. These artists are interpreting the oral histories of displaced single mothers. Their presence at the exhibition helps connect the artwork to the stories behind it. Help bring the artists to the exhibit: gofund.me/194664f4f #TheRefugeeArchive #ArtForSocialImpact

A Story Should Not Stop at the Interview. Artists are turning the oral histories of displaced single mothers into work people can see. Now we need the materials to bring that work into the exhibit. Help make it possible: gofund.me/194664f4f #TheRefugeeArchive #OralHistory #GoFundMe

A Social Media Win With a Bigger Purpose The Refugee Archive won the DAF Day 2026 Social Media Category. Our campaign kept displaced single mothers visible and showed how oral history can help shape better humanitarian support. therefugeearchive.org/dafday #DAFDay #TheRefugeeArchive

What Does Praising Resilience Really Change? Displaced single mothers in rural communities are constantly praised for their resilience. But at what cost? They deserve a seat where humanitarian policies and services are decided. therefugeearchive.org/donate #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen #TheRefugeeArchive

Stronger Funding Starts with a Stronger Team Congrats to Desmond Asakitikpi on completing the Grant Seeking Essentials Certificate Program. Every skill we build helps us find stronger funding opportunities and collect more oral histories. Donate: therefugeearchive.org/donate #TheRefugeeArchive #GrantSeeking #OralHistory

Today is Daf Day. Put Your Daf to Work. Your DAF can help preserve the oral histories of displaced single mothers and turn them into research that can inform better humanitarian policies, services, and programming. therefugeearchive.org/dafday #DAFDay #TheRefugeeArchive

DAF Day Is Tomorrow. Back the Artists. Artists can turn displaced single mothers’ stories into work people can see, understand, and remember. Tomorrow, use your DAF to help keep that work moving: therefugeearchive.org/dafday #DAFDay #ArtOfOralHistory #TheRefugeeArchive

DAF Day is tomorrow. Millions are displaced. But how many of their experiences shape humanitarian decisions? This October 8, use your DAF to help preserve the oral histories of displaced single mothers. therefugeearchive.org/dafday #DAFDay #TheRefugeeArchive @dafdayofficial

2 Days Until Daf Day. Money set aside to do good cannot preserve a single story until it's put to use. Your DAF grant can help The Refugee Archive document the lives of displaced single mothers. Make your grant count: therefugeearchive.org/dafday #DAFDay #TheRefugeeArchive @dafdayofficial

October 8 is @dafdayofficial. Funds Set Aside to Help Others Can Make a Difference Now. 21 displaced single mothers in Goma are waiting to have their histories documented. Make The Refugee Archive part of your giving. therefugeearchive.org/dafday #DAFDay #TheRefugeeArchive

Women Are Holding Families Together While Support Still Falls Short Across Africa, displaced women are raising families while access to education and decent work remains uneven. On September 7, Dr. Gloria Nguya and Dr. Josephine Wanjirū Gìtome join David Oletu to discuss what female-headed households are actually facing. Drop your question in the comments. #FemaleHeadedHouseholds #Africa #ForcedDisplacement

These 21 Women Are Living Through War Right Now Twenty-one displaced single mothers in Goma are raising children during active conflict. If their experiences are never recorded, the world may remember only the numbers. We have until September 20 to reach $25,000. Any amount helps preserve these oral histories while they can still be told firsthand. Donate: givebutter.com/the-goma-arch… #Goma #DRC #OralHistory

A Life Can Disappear From History If No One Asks Twenty-one displaced single mothers in Goma are living through active conflict. Their experiences should not disappear simply because no one recorded them. Every donation helps us preserve these stories in their own words. Donate: givebutter.com/the-goma-arch… #Goma #DRC #OralHistory

21 Displaced Single Mothers in Goma Need Support Conflict has disrupted their homes, livelihoods, and daily lives. Now 21 women are ready to preserve their full oral histories in their own words so their experiences do not disappear with the news cycle. We need $25,000 by September 4 to cover the real cost of ethical documentation, from childcare and transport to interpretation, transcription, and permanent archival. Donate or share: givebutter.com/the-goma-arch… #DRC #Goma #OralHistory #TheRefugeeArchive