Sasha Chanoff (born 1971) is an American humanitarian based in Somerville, Massachusetts[1] who has worked for two decades in refugee rescue, relief, and resettlement operations in Africa[3][4] and the United States.

Chanoff is the founder and executive director of RefugePoint,[5] an organization that aids refugees and supports the humanitarian community to do the same.

He often enlists the help of the mass media to spread awareness about refugee issues, and has appeared on 60 Minutes.

He is a board member of Network of Engaged International Donors (NEID) Global, and served as a human rights adviser to The Leir Charitable Foundations.

[9] Mapendo helped to evacuate more than 10,000 refugees from Sudan, Kenya, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rape is fairly common, so a lot of women and their families flee the camps out of fear and end up homeless in urban centers with no access to services.

The organization is named after Rose Mapendo, a Tutsi woman who spent 16 months in a Rwandan death camp with her husband and seven children, and whose experience we wanted to honor.