The Keleti Passage

The Keleti Passage

Keleti passage project Ashkan and Setays, siblings from Afghanistan. They drew their home, surrounded with a wall and a small crack where they escaped. Keleti passage project Dr. Judit Mogyorós, 42, from Hungary. Judit works as a pediatrician in Budapest’s XIII...

Building a future through education in Chad

DJABAL REFUGEE CAMP, Chad, Dec 14 (UNHCR)—Anas, 10, and Zoera, eight, leap out from under their mosquito net into the cool morning air. It is only 6:45 when brother and sister rush through the sandy lanes of the labyrinthine Djabal refugee camp in eastern Chad....
A Teenage Refugee Champions Girls’ Education

A Teenage Refugee Champions Girls’ Education

A passionate advocate for the education of girls and young women in Jordan’s refugee camps, Muzon has been hailed as Syria’s answer to Malala.  When Muzon’s family fled the war in Syria in early 2013, they briefly considered leaving her behind. The bright 14—year—old...
COP 21: Climate change, refugees and couture

COP 21: Climate change, refugees and couture

LONDON, Nov 30 (UNHCR)—A dress made from the heavy fabric of a tent used to shelter refugees in Jordan shimmers unexpectedly into life at the busy London train station, sparkling with weather data provided by the Met Office. The one-off couture outfit by one of...
UNHCR water project aids road safety in Kyrgyzstan

UNHCR water project aids road safety in Kyrgyzstan

TASHTAK, Kyrgyzstan—For children in this Kyrgyzstan village which was once torn apart by ethnic strife, a daily trek to get buckets of drinking water posed an unexpected danger: traffic. “Whenever my sister and I fetched water, we were afraid to cross the busy...

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