Violence and xenophobia threaten access to education in Ecuador
For displaced young people like Gloria* and Ernesto* from Venezuela, access to school – a welcome sanctuary from their daily struggles – is threatened by a recent surge in criminal violence. By Diana Díaz and Ilaria Rapido in Guayaquil, Ecuador Gloria Fernández*, 18,...
UNHCR and Islamic Development Bank collaborate to support education, health care, and livelihood opportunities in Afghanistan
Responding to Afghanistan’s deepening humanitarian crisis, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), in its capacity as the trustee of the Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund (AHTF), have signed three crucial agreements aimed at bolstering...
Young Togolese refugee youth leader advocates for quality education in Ghana
Louange Koffi achieved her childhood dream of becoming a nurse in Ghana. She now advocates for quality health and education for the displaced. By Omer Elnaiem in Accra, Ghana Growing up in a remote refugee camp in western Ghana, Louange Koffi vividly recalls how...