Refugees United was founded in 2005 by the two brothers, David and Christopher M. Troensegaard.
David and Christopher developed the idea of a refugee search engine after meeting Mansour and travelling with him to relocate his missing family. They both left their jobs to found and develop
Refugees United and they still work full-time with the administration and furthering of the organization.
David was born in 1974 and Christopher in 1978 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Refugees United
Mansour lost contact to his family at age 12 after escaping the Taliban regime in Afghanistan
"With Refugees United we strive to help the countless people across the world suffering from not knowing the whereabouts of their family.
We are dedicated to bringing knowledge of the database to more and more refugees to help them relocate loved ones"
We are dedicated to bringing knowledge of the database to more and more refugees to help them relocate loved ones"
David M. Troensegaard, co-founder of Refugees United
Background
The origin of Refugees United
Refugees United was born in 2005 after the founders met a young Afghan refugee named Mansour; a man desperately seeking his siblings and parents lost to him at the age of 12 while escaping from the Taliban regime.
No government organization was able to unearth any information on Mansour's family, and only after traveling back to Pakistan, bribing his way, did he learn that his entire family had been split up and scattered across the globe: An almost impossible mission of gathering information and traces began - without the slightest knowledge of the family's whereabouts.
Brothers reunited
To this day, only one of Mansour's brothers has been located. We found him in Russia after excruciating and extraordinary efforts and to reunite these two brothers after 4 years apart was beyond words. In light of this overwhelming journey, the hardships refugees had to endure in search of family became crystal-clear.
Refugees United was born in 2005 after the founders met a young Afghan refugee named Mansour; a man desperately seeking his siblings and parents lost to him at the age of 12 while escaping from the Taliban regime.
No government organization was able to unearth any information on Mansour's family, and only after traveling back to Pakistan, bribing his way, did he learn that his entire family had been split up and scattered across the globe: An almost impossible mission of gathering information and traces began - without the slightest knowledge of the family's whereabouts.
Brothers reunited
To this day, only one of Mansour's brothers has been located. We found him in Russia after excruciating and extraordinary efforts and to reunite these two brothers after 4 years apart was beyond words. In light of this overwhelming journey, the hardships refugees had to endure in search of family became crystal-clear.
