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Yazidi community drawing.

"This is my community. Along the bottom, there is my house and the [de-identified center] where we in the Yazidi community get the food we need from the food pantry. I drew the center as a church. Sometimes we go here, and seeing other Yazidi community members makes me so happy. Above it are mountains, where some of my family members are buried in the Yazidi cemetery. The trees and the water running off the mountains and the shrine are my home. Although I am here, I think so much about home. It is part of who I am and my community. Even though there is so much that this country has to offer, it is still hard to be here and not home." -Female, 63

Ongoing projects blend ethnographic and community-engaged approaches with visual methods in Kenya and the U.S. to understand refugees’ health, wellbeing, and resilience.

Recent FMHR projects have focused on:

  • Urban refugees’ resilience and social capital (Kenya)
  • Older adult refugees’ social support (Tanzania, U.S.)
  • Access to health and social services (Kenya, Tanzania, U.S.)
  • Sociocultural perceptions of psychosocial, sexual, and reproductive health (Kenya, Tanzania, U.S.)
  • Health workforce in humanitarian and resettlement settings (Kenya, U.S.)