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The Nun and the Bakery

The Nun and the Bakery

Jun 25, 2015 | Featured Story

For nearly a decade, the small and dusty town of Dungu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been under attack. But while many women and girls throughout the region have been kidnapped and terrorised by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), others have survived...
#WorldRefugeeDay: Interpreter. Sister. Fashionista.

#WorldRefugeeDay: Interpreter. Sister. Fashionista.

Jun 9, 2015 | Featured Story

Pabi, 24 years old: “For the past two years, I have been working as a Deaf Asian interpreter. I am so proud of what I have been able to accomplish for myself since coming to Canada. As a Deaf interpreter, I make an effort to provide great sign language translation to...
UNHCR launches its 2015 World Refugee Day Campaign

UNHCR launches its 2015 World Refugee Day Campaign

Jun 2, 2015 | Press Release, Video

Geneva, 02.06.2015 Global celebrities record films highlighting our common links with people forced to flee. Global The UN refugee agency UNHCR will launch its annual World Refugee Day Campaign on Tuesday with the release of several films featuring celebrity...
A Syrian Family Counts its Blessings

A Syrian Family Counts its Blessings

Jun 1, 2015 | Featured Story

I meet a lot of refugees in the course of my work with UNHCR. Some open right up, cataloguing the hardships of life in exile, sharing concerns about their children’s future and even revealing marital problems. Once a woman dragged me to her tent and asked me to shout...

Lebanon: Little Omar Flies to Finland

May 28, 2015 | Video

“You know how children hit me now? When I start growing up, I can defend myself.” Omar and his sister Majid were born in Syria with a growth-hormone deficiency—the result of a dysfunctional pituitary gland. Neither can grow without continuous hormone and vitamin...

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