Jessica Hansen is the global engagement manager at Kiva Microfunds, a nonprofit organization that allows people to lend money via the Internet to low-income entrepreneurs and students in more than 80 countries. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/jessica-hansen/rss en Economy Innovation & Technology Mon, 27 Jun 2016 05:29:14 +0000 Jessica Hansen https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/06/27/we-are-together-in-preventing-displacement https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/06/27/we-are-together-in-preventing-displacement Many refugees are displaced due to conflicts over land and resources. Jessica Hansen, global engagement manager at Kiva – a microfinance NGO – explains how pooling resources for members of disadvantaged groups prevents their becoming future refugees.