UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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- UNHCR Stays and Delivers
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 19/05/2020
While the world stays safe at home due to COVID-19, UNHCR is on the front lines of humanitarian emergencies protecting refugees and the forcibly displaced. Inf...
- Refugees making soap join fight against coronavirus in Niger
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 15/05/2020
In Niger, a skills training programme helping Malian refugees support their families through soap making is now contributing to the fight against coronavirus. ...
- Music in solidarity: honouring refugees and humanitarians battling the coronavirus crisis
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 13/05/2020
Musicians from several European orchestras offered up a virtual concert at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva to show solidarity with refugees and humanitarians worki...
- Malian refugee found new hope in breeding sheep and goats in Burkina Faso
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 08/05/2020
Atayoub Ak Igras fled fighting Mali and built a new life in neighbouring Burkina Faso. Working as a shepherd, he was able to provide for his young family. UNHCR...
- Ben Stiller, Cate Blanchett and Khaled Hosseini: 3 ways businesses can support refugees, Covid-19
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 08/05/2020
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors Ben Stiller, Cate Blanchett and Khaled Hosseini hold a virtual meeting for refugees. The video chat shows companies what they can do ...
- Mobile money helps displaced Congolese survive amid coronavirus threat
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 07/05/2020
In DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo), internally displaced populations face the risk of COVID-19 in a region still battling Ebola. UNHCR is working with pa...
- This Ramadan - #Everygiftcounts
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 06/05/2020
‘Every Gift Counts’ is UNHCR’s second global Ramadan campaign, and focuses on the small but incredible changes individuals can bring to refugee families during ...
- LEGO sanitiser robot, a refugee invention, battles coronavirus
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 05/05/2020
Refugees at the Innovation Lab in Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan have designed a robot prototype made from LEGO bricks which automatically dispenses sanitiser ...
- Sudan’s internally displaced yearn for real peace to go home
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 04/05/2020
As peace slowly returns to Darfur, millions of internally displaced people are struggling to survive after decades of war. Ahmed Abubakar lives in a small town ...
- Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 04/05/2020
Rebuilding one’s life implies more than having a roof over your head and a safe place to sleep. It means reclaiming control of your future. A powerful way to ...
