SYRIA: Loss of hope and deepening poverty driving Syrians to seek refuge in Europe
An unprecedented humanitarian emergency is happening right now across Europe and the Mediterranean. Over 500,000 people have made the perilous journey to Europe in 2015 with thousands more arriving every day. Over 3,000 others have died or gone missing attempting this...
Europe: Women and Children arrive exhausted into Austrian town to warm welcome
They stride, sometimes even stumble, over the Austrian border and into the picture postcard town of Nickelsdorf. Among them are women and children, many of whom have been travelling for days, weeks, even months. They fled their wartorn homelands, trekking across...
Calgary students raise funds for earthquake relief
“Watch a hero and be a hero!” That was the slogan that Sunalta Elementary students used on their colourful posters to advertise a movie night showing of Big Hero 6, an event to raise funds for UNHCR’s earthquake relief in Nepal. Karen Anderson, who is a grade 6...