Australia for UNHCR
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- "A million reasons why I am a humanitarian"
@australiaforunhcr - 18/08/2017
For World Humanitarian Day, we asked UNHCR staff from around the world: why do they do their job? They answered: to make a difference, for the greater good, for...
- Emi Mahmoud - Head over Heels
@australiaforunhcr - 17/08/2017
Poet, activist and UNHCR High Profile Supporter Emi Mahmoud performs her poem ‘Head over Heels’. The release of this video ties in with the sobering announcemen...
- Its never too late to read and write
@australiaforunhcr - 03/08/2017
In the village of Fnaydek, north of Lebanon, Syrian refugee mothers are learning how to read and write in order to support their children’s education -- and con...
- UNHCR Field Worker on the ground in South Sudan
@australiaforunhcr - 19/07/2017
Australian Mark Brooking, a former UNHCR fieldworker based in the far north of South Sudan, explains the challenges of helping thousands of people cross the bor...
- Thank you for supporting our annual World Refugee Day Breakfast
@australiaforunhcr - 21/06/2017
On Friday 16th June 2017, Australia for UNHCR supporters once more came together at the annual World Refugee Day breakfast to show that they stand with refugees...
- Thuy's story - Stand #WithRefugees this World Refugee Day
@australiaforunhcr - 16/06/2017
At age 13, Thuy Nguyen fled conflict in Vietnam and came to Canada. One of 15 siblings to cross the Pacific in 1975, the family was sponsored under Canada’s new...
- Ibrahim's story - Stand #WithRefugees
@australiaforunhcr - 16/06/2017
“Denmark is my home now. Before coming to Denmark I could not read and write, now I speak and can read Danish and am learning English. Writing in Danish is stil...
- Shamshidah's story - Stand #WithRefugees
@australiaforunhcr - 16/06/2017
Shamshidah is a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar who was unable to attend school until she came to Malaysia when she was 14. Stand with Shamshidah and #WithRefugee...
- #SignAndPass with FC Barcelona
@australiaforunhcr - 14/06/2017
There is a ball. But if you pass it, it is a world. Today we launch #SignAndPass with @fundaciofcb, the greatest global movement in support of refugees. Join in...
- Ben Stiller meets families in a Jordan refugee camp
@australiaforunhcr - 08/06/2017
"Imagine all of a sudden being taken from your apartment or from your house and being forced to live in a dwelling where you don't have anything really." Ben ...
