UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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- Douglas Booth meets trainee pilot and Syrian refugee, Maya Ghazal | #EveryoneCounts
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 16/12/2019
UNHCR High Profile Supporter Douglas Booth meets trainee pilot and Syrian refugee, Maya Ghazal. #EveryoneCounts The conversation between Douglas Booth and Maya...
- Ben Stiller meets supermodel and former refugee Adut Akech | #EveryoneCounts
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 16/12/2019
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller meets supermodel and former refugee Adut Akech. #EveryoneCounts The conversation between Ben Stiller and Adut Akech is pa...
- What part will you play for refugees? | #EveryoneCounts
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 16/12/2019
#EveryoneCounts: On the eve of the Global Refugee Forum, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors, celebrity supporters and refugee advocates join together to call for everyo...
- All Aboard the Solidarity Train
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 13/12/2019
The first-ever Solidarity Train has arrived at Paris’ Gare de Lyon Station. The moving exhibition will stop in 5 French Cities, creating dialogue and educating ...
- Somali refugees and their Ethiopia hosts come together to turn weeds into energy
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 12/12/2019
A cooperative supported by the IKEA foundation is turning invasive weeds into energy and a source of livelihood in Ethiopia’s arid south Information for media:...
- Refugee trainees steer towards bright future in Germany’s auto industry
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 12/12/2019
Thanks to her own determination and years of sacrifice, Afghan refugee Mastura Ekhlas has landed a prestigious traineeship with German carmaker Volkswagen and b...
- A refugee ‘doctor for all patients’ in Pakistan
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 11/12/2019
Dr. Saleema Rehman’s star shines brightly at the Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, where she works as a talented resident obstetrician-gynaecologist...
- Super-strength bamboo helps refugees and Bangladesh’s forests
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 10/12/2019
Bamboo, the backbone of Rohingya refugee shelters, wears out after a year or so in Bangladesh’s extreme weather. But thanks to an innovative treatment, UNHCR is...
- Clean water supply changes lives of refugees and host communities in Uganda
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 10/12/2019
A solar powered water facility in Uganda set up by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is saving lives in refugee settlements and host communities that previously suf...
- UN refugee chief meets Central Africa’s internally displaced longing to start life again
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 05/12/2019
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi meets internally displaced people in Bambari and calls for a redoubled effort to support them in rebuilding the...
