Kids playing soccer through iACT program

NEWS & EVENTS

NEWS

Tanzania’s Burundian Refugees Reflect on Their Basic Needs

A letter from our friends in Tanzania, currently living in Nduta Refugee Camp.

NEWS

New Partnerships: iACT & Plan International

An exciting new partnership between iACT and Plan International (Tanzania)

NEWS

WHEN WE LET PEOPLE DIE

An excerpt from the essay collection, which explores the UN doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect.

NEWS

Promising Practices in Refugee Education: Invest in Teacher Training

“Teachers are the most important school-based factor in determining the quality of education.”

NEWS

iACT’s Impact toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

iACT's programs may not have been an intentional response to the UN SDGs, but they certainly address many of them.

NEWS

Promising Practices in Refugee Education: Learning and Well-being

Imagine being forced to flee your home—leaving behind your school, stability, and community; and losing family and friends—to start again...

NEWS

Join us tomorrow: Promising Practices in Refugee Education Webinar

Join me tomorrow on a Promising Practices in Refugee Education Intervention webinar highlighting iACT’s early childhood education...

NEWS

Tools of Empathy at the World Innovation Summit on Education

Last week, Gabriel and I headed to Doha, Qatar, for the World Innovation Summit on Education, otherwise known simply as WISE (check out...

NEWS

Double Your Impact: Support Refugee-led Programs this #GivingTuesday

Lately, I’ve been getting this question quite a bit: “What makes iACT different?” I don’t have to pause or take a moment to think about...

EDUCATION

Refugee Education Recommendation: Adopt user-centered design and empowering approaches

Recently, our early childhood education program, Little Ripples, was selected by Promising Practices in Refugee Education as one of...

NEWS

Join iACT in honoring Girls around the world

Today, Wednesday, October 11, 2017, is International Day of the Girl. I’d like you to meet one of our Little Ripples students, Suraya....

NEWS

Intern Spotlight: Julia Nuttall-Smith

Hi, my name is Julia and I have had the amazing opportunity to intern for iACT the past two summers. I live in Hermosa Beach, California,...

NEWS

Intern Spotlight: Micaela Tomaro

My name is Micaela Tomaro and I am one of iACT’s interns this year! I am 17 years old and a rising senior at Mira Costa High School. I...

NEWS

iACT Intern Spotlight: Liam Cook

Hi! My name is Liam Cook and I am 17 years old and a student at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, CA. I have been volunteering...

NEWS

Meet Amalia Lohuis – our new intern!

My name is Amalia Lohuis, and I am a student embarking on my senior year at Mira Costa High School. Coming into high school I was...

NEWS

Naomi Neuman – our new intern!

Hi there! My name is Naomi Neuman. I am originally from the South Bay area, born and raised in Torrance. I recently graduated from...

NEWS

#WeAreDarfur: Women at Work

Some of us are literally from Darfur. Others are standing in solidarity with Darfuris and all refugees and displaced people around the...

NEWS

Check Out Our Beautiful New Head Scarf Design!

We’re excited to announce the winner of our 2017 Little Ripples Headscarf design contest! The beautiful design submitted by Anne...

NEWS

#WithRefugees, Doubling Down on Hope

I am a positive, hopeful, and optimistic person. I believe in humanity and its potential for good and beauty. As I begin my 26th trip to...

NEWS

Expanding to camp Djabal, eastern Chad

iACT is proud to announce the expansion of Little Ripples , our early childhood education program, to refugee camp Djabal in eastern...

NEWS & EVENTS

GET TO KNOW US

CONNECT

GIVE

RESOURCES