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Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff releases new album titled ‘Refugees’
By UNHCR With its message of peace, love and humanity, ‘Refugees’ is also a call to action. With a career stretching back over 50 years, Jamaican musician Jimmy Cliff is often known as the “Grandfather of Reggae”. Now the 78-year-old is using his first album in over a...
New York market serves up food that showcases the city’s rich cultural heritage
By Sarah Schafer in New York Many of the nearly 100 vendors at the Queens Night Market have refugee backgrounds. When Sokhita Sok decided to sell her favorite Cambodian food, a curry dish served in a banana leaf called fish amok, at a night market in New York,...
Ukrainian village torn apart by war begins long process of rebuilding
By Victoria Andrievska and Saorlaith Ni Bhroin in Kyiv | 11 August 2022 In the quiet rural village of Nalyvaikivka on the outskirts of Kyiv, locals are sifting through the debris of their destroyed homes, hoping to salvage whatever they can. Others gather at garden...
What Is The Aiming Higher Scholarship Program?
When a child is forced to flee their home, continuing their academic studies becomes very difficult. Education is a basic human right. It’s a vital to gaining employment and building self-reliance. And yet, for the vast majority of refugees, higher education is still...
Moldovan GBV shelter offers safety and a community for refugees from Ukraine
By Roger Burks in Chisinau, Moldova When war engulfed Ukraine, Casa Marioarei – a 20-year-old organization in neighbouring Moldova’s capital – opened its doors to welcome vulnerable women and children forced to flee their homes. A welcome at Casa Marioarei usually...
Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp: 10 facts at 10 years
Opened on 28 July 2012 and still home to 80,000 people, Za’atari refugee camp has become a symbol of the long-running Syrian refugee crisis
First UNITY Cup shows the power of football to connect refugees and hosts
Tournament featuring teams of female and male refugee and amateur national players highlights the role of sport in empowering displaced people and connecting them to their new communities By Jody Clarke in Nyon, Switzerland Fatema Haydari spoke no Italian when she...
Budding Ukrainian game designer draws inspiration in Romania
Isolated from her friends and hundreds of miles from home, Kate dreams of connection. But, with the uncertainties of the Ukraine war, her dreams have taken new form
Rohingya and Bangladeshi teachers pair up to tackle education hurdles in camps
Teaching assistants at Kutupalong camp say teaching together creates understanding between Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis
Rock band Envy Of None play for Ukraine
Learn more about how Envy of None lead a collective effort to raise funds for UNHCR’s Ukraine emergency response
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