My journey from playing football in Afghanistan to founding ‘Girl Power’
I used my love of sports to inspire young Afghan girls to dream big. Now, the organization I started is providing opportunities to refugee women and girls all over the world By Khalida Popal In the heart of Afghanistan, a nation scarred by war and renowned for its...UNHCR’s Grandi and UN’s Piper call for renewed focus on Mozambique displacement
GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement, Robert Piper, today called for a renewed international commitment to finding solutions for displaced people in...
We are failing Syrian refugees and the communities hosting them, warns the latest United Nations-led Regional Response Plan
Close to thirteen million people in dire need of basic assistance and services are being left behind due to dwindling funding to support them. AMMAN – As the Syria crisis enters its 14th year, the region faces an alarming situation where the needs of Syrian refugees...
UNHCR: Chad fears ‘very real’ prospect of more Sudanese refugee arrivals, needs support
N’DJAMENA, Chad – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is increasingly concerned that more refugees will cross to Chad from Darfur in the coming weeks amid a worrying lack of food and other essentials. Almost a year since the start of the civil war in Sudan, neighbouring...
Humanitarian crisis worsens in northern Mozambique as thousands flee violence
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned about the escalating humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, as the recent surge in violence by non-state armed groups continues to force thousands of people to flee towards southern districts in...
Inclusion of noncommunicable disease care in response to humanitarian emergencies will help save more lives
Joint UNHCR/WHO news release GENEVA AND COPENHAGEN – Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, are responsible for 75 per cent of deaths worldwide. People affected by humanitarian emergencies are...
Microcredit helps Ukrainian refugees start businesses in Georgia
A programme that provides business mentoring and micro-finance to Ukrainian entrepreneurs is helping them support themselves and other refugees By Nino Kajaia in Batumi, Georgia While strolling through the city centre of Batumi, a port city on Georgia’s Black Sea...
Inclusion of noncommunicable disease care in response to humanitarian emergencies will help save more lives
GENEVA AND COPENHAGEN – Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, are responsible for 75 per cent of deaths worldwide. People affected by humanitarian emergencies are at increased risk of NCDs....