Australia for UNHCR
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- A Day in the Life Za'atari: Episode 11 Just another day
@australiaforunhcr - 24/11/2013
"60,000 kids in this camp, so there should be 30,000 going to school every day." It's World Refugee Day and at Za'atari that means adding press conferences and...
- 2013 Christmas Family Appeal: Help a refugee family this Christmas
@australiaforunhcr - 21/11/2013
Australia for UNHCR has launched its 2013 Christmas Family Appeal. You can donate now and leave a message of support for a refugee family at: www.unrefugees.or...
- Syrian Refugees: Influx into Arsal, Lebanon
@australiaforunhcr - 21/11/2013
In Syria, an estimated 6,000 people have fled their homes in Qarah, making their way over the border into eastern Lebanon. The spark for the displacement is the...
- A Day in the Life Za'atari: Episode 10 Out of the darkness
@australiaforunhcr - 21/11/2013
"The refugees are coming across." Night falls at the border and the Syrian conflict comes dangerously close. Kilian, Andrew and the team are on the front line,...
- A Day in the Life Za'atari: Episode 9 Preparation is everything
@australiaforunhcr - 21/11/2013
"It's a very combustible mix." Za'atari is abuzz. Kilian races through last-minute prep (and a visit to the camp's barber shop) before the dignitaries and spec...
- Philippines: Devastated Tacloban City
@australiaforunhcr - 20/11/2013
Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on November 8-9th. Among the hardest hit areas are Tacloban, Ormoc and Guiuan. UNHCR is distributing emergency relief items i...
- A Day in the Life Za'atari: Episode 8 Coping mechanisms
@australiaforunhcr - 19/11/2013
"What do the children know about what's going on in Syria? They're just trying to survive." Andrew reveals the refugees' harrowing route from Syria into Jordan...
- Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Survivors
@australiaforunhcr - 18/11/2013
Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on November 8th leaving a trail of destruction across a sway of the country. The UN estimates that 11.8 million people were a...
- A Day in the Life Za'atari: Episode 5 Medicine on the move
@australiaforunhcr - 18/11/2013
"Why? Because the people in this camp are our brothers and sisters." On the floor of a pre-fab caravan, Syrian refugee and roving medic Dr. Ibrahim and his tea...
- A Day in the Life Za'atari: Episode 7 The trouble with kids
@australiaforunhcr - 18/11/2013
"Where on earth have you seen children stealing a police station?" Kilian opens the books on Za'atari's mischief problems, handily illustrated by a missing pol...
