Australia for UNHCR

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 18/06/2020

RT @crystalmph: Listening webinar #WorldRefugeeDay https://t.co/7swXg9wBcH

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 18/06/2020

Over 700 people joining us this evening on our online #WorldRefugeeDay event raising money for UNHCR's coronavirus response

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 18/06/2020

@Mayor_Chagai: "Basketball changed my life... I didn't have a mother, father or siblings with me at the time. I was lonely. I cried. When basketball came into Kakuma that became my life - school and the basketball court."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 18/06/2020

@Mayor_Chagai: "There were communities of refugees that used to play [basketball] against each other. It was almost like watching a world cup when we all came together."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 18/06/2020

@Mayor_Chagai spent 12 years in Kakuma refugee camp. - he describes life there as "there was nothing, we were settled under the trees until UNHCR brought tents in... slowly it started coming together, sport became something us kids could look up to" https://t.co/ixWTKAVSmq

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 18/06/2020

@Mayor_Chagai: "When you survive you have to think of the great appreciation and kindness of other human beings who helped get you there."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 18/06/2020

@Mayor_Chagai: "That's what you ask yourself: 'why am i here'? That's what you ask yourself everyday."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 18/06/2020

RT @RefugeeTalent1: Great to be attending the live @UNrefugees World Refugee Day event and hear the inspiring story of Mayor Chagai #WorldR…

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 18/06/2020

@Mayor_Chagai: "That journey, of course, was miserable, a lot of people lost their lives - being a child was challenging."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 18/06/2020

We're joined by keynote speaker - former South Sudanese refugee and on of the 20,000 "Lost Boys" of Sudan - @Mayor_Chagai https://t.co/kSuZsZMz0a