Journalist and former refugee wins UNHCR’s Nansen Award for championing refugee education in Kenya
Journalist and former refugee wins UNHCR’s Nansen Award for championing refugee education in Kenya Abdullahi Mire founded a youth-led organization that supports refugee students in Kenya’s Dadaab camp. 30.11.23 More stories The 2023 Nansen Refugee Award winner...
5 Reasons why displaced families need your help this winter
5 Reasons why displaced families need your help this winter We urgently need your support to help families survive winter. 20.11.23 © UNHCR/Julian Busch For many forcibly displaced people, freezing winter weather is a threat as dangerous as the conflict that forced...
Survivors of deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan struggle to recover
Survivors of deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan struggle to recover One month on, tens of thousands of survivors are still sleeping outdoors as concerns mount about the coming winter. 07.11.23 More stories Humaira with her baby son, who she gave birth to on the same...
My Journey: How education helps refugee girls break the cycle of hardship
My Journey: How education helps refugee girls break the cycle of hardship Monicah Malith fled conflict in South Sudan as a girl and moved to Kenya, where she overcame challenges to continue her education and is now a law student the first female refugee President of...
Hope for Pemba community as they gain recognition as Kenyan citizens
Hope for Pemba community as they gain recognition as Kenyan citizens Barke Hamisi always felt she was a Kenyan, until her first encounter with the stigma of statelessness. Nearly three decades later, she can finally say, “I belong.” 18.09.23 More stories ©...
UNHCR helps Indigenous Venezuelans to stay on their lands
UNHCR helps Indigenous Venezuelans to stay on their lands The Pemón people are the guardians of an immense nature reserve in southeastern Venezuela. But poverty is pushing many off their traditional lands. 18.09.23 More stories A group of young people from the...
Afghanistan’s women carpet weavers thrown an economic lifeline
Afghanistan’s women carpet weavers thrown an economic lifeline A UNHCR-supported carpet weaving and processing centre will provide new jobs and better working conditions for former refugee and displaced Afghan women. 04.09.23 More stories © UNHCR/Caroline Gluck In a...
“Being a refugee doesn’t stop you from having ideas…”
“Being a refugee doesn’t stop you from having ideas…” A settlement where innovation and creativity thrive. 03.08.23 More stories Where can you find tech innovators, teachers, humanitarians and environmentalists all in one place? The answer…Mirqaan refugee settlement...
