Solange Ingabire is a refugee rights advocate, strategist, and storyteller committed to reshaping narratives around displacement while advancing refugee leadership and youth empowerment.
Her work focuses on creating spaces where refugee voices are not only heard but actively shape the systems, policies, and programs that affect their communities. Through advocacy, program strategy, and community engagement, she works to ensure that young people from displaced and marginalized backgrounds have access to opportunities, platforms, and resources that enable them to thrive.
Solange is the co-founder of Refugee Youth Changemakers, a youth-led initiative focused on expanding educational opportunities and leadership pathways for refugees and displaced youth.
Through this work, she collaborates with partners, institutions, and community organizations to support initiatives that promote access to education, strengthen youth leadership, and create opportunities for refugees to contribute meaningfully to their communities.
The organization focuses on bridging gaps in access to higher education, mentorship, and professional development for young people navigating displacement and systemic barriers.
Beyond her advocacy work, Solange also serves as a strategic advisor to organizations and initiatives advancing refugee inclusion and youth empowerment.
She supports institutions in designing youth-centered programs, strengthening engagement strategies, and developing initiatives that prioritize sustainability, equity, and community leadership.
Her work in this space includes advising on program strategy, partnership development, and impact-focused storytelling that elevates the voices and experiences of refugee communities.
Solange regularly contributes to conversations on refugee inclusion, youth leadership, and equitable development across global and institutional platforms.
Through these engagements, she collaborates with policymakers, advocates, and institutions to promote inclusive systems and highlight the importance of youth leadership in shaping solutions to global challenges.
Her work bridges grassroots community engagement with global policy dialogue, helping connect lived experiences with institutional change.
A central part of Solange’s work is storytelling.
She uses storytelling as a tool for advocacy, helping challenge dominant narratives around displacement and highlighting the resilience, leadership, and contributions of refugee communities.
Through dialogue, digital storytelling, and community engagement, she works to shift the way displacement is understood—moving beyond narratives of vulnerability to stories of leadership, innovation, and collective action.
Solange holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Environmental Science and Technology at Kentucky State University.
Her academic background brings an interdisciplinary perspective to her work, connecting conversations around sustainability, development, and displacement.
This perspective allows her to engage in broader discussions about how environmental challenges, climate change, and global development intersect with migration and refugee experiences.
Solange communicates and engages across cultures and regions through her multilingual abilities.
She is fluent in:
• English
• Spanish
• Kinyarwanda
Her ability to engage diverse audiences allows her to participate in global conversations and connect communities across different contexts.
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