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Promote Equal Rights

Through education and capacity-building programs, we help refugees advocate for their own rights and push for policies that provide equal treatment and support.

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Promote Equal Rights

Through education and capacity-building programs, we help refugees advocate for their own rights and push for policies that provide equal treatment and support.

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08 MARCH 2025

Today, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and brilliance of women around the world. On this International Women's Day, let's honor the achievements, progress, and potential of women in every field and every corner of the globe. May we continue to empower, support, and uplift each other, striving for a future where equality knows no bounds.

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Why We Stand With Refugees

At Unity Rainbow Refugees (URR), we believe every refugee has the right to live in safety and dignity. Refugees should never be treated as less than human—each individual, regardless of their background or circumstances, deserves respect and equal opportunities.

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The Struggles of Refugees

Refugees around the world face immense challenges. Forced to flee their homes due to conflict, persecution, or violence, they leave behind everything they know in search of safety and hope. Unfortunately, for many refugees, the journey does not end with relocation. They often face ongoing discrimination, stigma, and violence in their new environments—treated as outsiders or marginalized based on their nationality, background, or the fact that they are seeking refuge.

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The Struggles of Refugees

Eradicate Stigma and Discrimination:* Our advocacy programs focus on raising awareness about the challenges refugees face and work to eliminate the stigma they endure in their host communities.

Together, we can break down the barriers of discrimination and create a world where refugees can live in peace, free from fear and prejudice.

URR

URR envisions a world through which all refugees live irrespective of socio-cultural and economic background or of sexual orientation.gender identity, and expression.

Why To Know URR?

Mission

The mission of URR is to eradicate all kinds of stigma and discrimination perpetrated against refugees, especially those who are the members of the LGBTIQ+ community through the promotion of peaceful education, Advocacy capacity-building and socio-economic empowerment initiatives to ensure good health and well-being of refugees

Vision

URR envisions a world through which all refugees live irrespective of socio-cultural and economic background of sexual orientation. Gender identity, and expression.

History

URR is an independent organization founded in 2016 by a dedicated group of young people presently living in Rwanda but displaced in their native countries due to both political and social issues and in response to the challenges being faced by the refugees in the LGBTQ+community.

Humanitarian Responsibility

Refugees often flee persecution, violence, and war. Providing assistance is a moral obligation to protect and support those in dire need.

Meet the Team

Meet our team of dedicated professionals.

Lionel Nizigiyimana

ExecutiveDirector

&Founder

Lionel@unityrainbowrefugees.org

Fello Irambona

Executive Director Deputy

Fello@unityrainbowrefugees.org

Patrick Habumugisha

Program Officer

Patrick@unityrainbowrefugees.org

Frida Uwamahoro

Finance Officer

Frida@unityrainbowrefugees.org

Aoron Niyonagize

Communicator

Aoron@unityrainbowrefugees.org

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