Australia for UNHCR
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- Rohingya Crisis, One Year On: Ensuring Lifesaving Support for Mothers and Children
@australiaforunhcr - 28/09/2018
In the four days it took her family to flee from violence in Myanmar to safety in Bangladesh, 25-year-old Tahara endured a journey plagued by monsoon rains, arm...
- Building walls to break down barriers
@australiaforunhcr - 27/09/2018
Refugees are helping rebuild 300-year-old walls in northern England
- Meet this year's Nansen Refugee Award Winner!
@australiaforunhcr - 27/09/2018
While most surgeons work hard, Dr Atar's schedule is punishing: to meet demand, he has been known to work 48-hour shifts, living in a canvas tent near the hospi...
- Alinesa is inspiring a new generation of Rohingya children
@australiaforunhcr - 27/09/2018
Children all over the world need great teachers, but refugees need them all the more. For these children, teachers are not just tutors but mentors, motivators, ...
- Enough is enough: South Sudanese families need your help
@australiaforunhcr - 30/07/2018
With no end to the conflict in sight and funds stretched to the limit, your support is urgently needed to help families like Christine's in desperate need.
- Somalia - Returning refugees rebuild their lives
@australiaforunhcr - 30/07/2018
Over 75,000 Somalis have chosen to return to Somalia from refugee camps in Kenya, since 2014. UNHCR and partners are helping those who’ve gone home reintegrate ...
- Refugees care for Hungary's elderly
@australiaforunhcr - 30/07/2018
Refugees, training to look after the elderly in a Hungarian care home, are proving to be an asset to a society with a mixed record of welcoming asylum seekers.
- Disabled refugees become entrepreneurs
@australiaforunhcr - 30/07/2018
In a makeshift workshop inside the Congo's largest refugee camp, Lusenda, a group of disabled Burundian refugees are turning scrap metal into cooking pots, pans...
- Building a future, one stitch at a time
@australiaforunhcr - 30/07/2018
Did you know that about half of any displaced population in the world is made up of women and girls? Thanks to the generous support of Australians, UNHCR is h...
- A child as old as Syria's war
@australiaforunhcr - 30/07/2018
Born at the outbreak of Syria’s seven-year conflict, Mohammed lost his home and more to the war before a specialist school in Lebanon offered fresh hope.
