Activist champions rights of people with disabilities in Ukraine
Tetiana Barantsova named regional winner for Europe for the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. By Oksana Grytsenko in Kyiv Tetiana Baransova fell and broke her spine while doing gymnastics at school when she was just 10 years old. A wheelchair user ever since, she has...
Jordanian scientist finds winning formula to get kids reading
Rana Dajani is regional winner for MENA of the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for her programme to get children reading for pleasure, that has since gone global. By Peter Murtaugh in Richmond, Virginia, USA Dr. Rana Dajani had recently returned to her home country of...
UNHCR names Nansen Refugee Award regional winners
The everyday heroes from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East are being honoured for their outstanding humanitarian work. By Bathoul Ahmed GENEVA – A refugee school teacher striving to empower rape survivors, a scientist and mother of four on a quest to make...