Former midwife delivers safety and hope to Nicaraguan refugee women
Since arriving in Costa Rica more than 50 years ago, Vicenta González has made it her mission to help local and refugee women escape abuse and make a fresh start By Jenny Barchfield in Upala, Costa Rica Women have been travelling to Vicenta Gonzalez’s farm to seek her...
Iraqi doctor provides care and comfort to Yazidi survivors
Gynaecologist Nagham Hasan has spent years providing medical and emotional care to former ISIS captives, and pledges to continue “for the long haul” despite often harrowing work By Cathy Otten in Duhok, Iraq Four women sit huddled together around gynaecologist Nagham...
Refugee firefighters honoured for their bravery in protecting Mauritania’s environment
For their tenacious efforts to put out bushfires and plant trees, the Mbera Fire Brigade has been named the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award regional winner for Africa By Catherine Wachiaya in Mbera refugee camp, Mauritania Ahmedou Ag Albohary vividly recalls the first time...
Civil society group hailed for supporting displaced people in remote parts of Myanmar
For its work aiding and empowering communities uprooted by conflict or disaster, Meikswe Myanmar has been named the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award regional winner for Asia and the Pacific By Reuben Lim Wende in Shan State, Myanmar Big smiles greet Naw Bway Khu, 54, as she...
Angela Merkel to receive UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at height of Syria crisis
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today that Dr. Angela Merkel, the former Federal Chancellor of Germany, will receive the 2022 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. Each year, the award – named after the Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian...
Nearly 1 million people have fled five years of northern Mozambique violence
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva This week marks five years since extreme violence erupted in northern Mozambique’s...
A safe space for Ukraine’s refugees in Romania
In the Romanian capital Bucharest, a community-based organization is using art to help young refugees of the war in Ukraine By Roger Burks in Bucharest, Romania Three young friends sit around a small, bright-orange table, happily sculpting clay. They smile as they...
Somalis abandon their homes in search of food, water and aid as drought deepens
A devastating drought has displaced 1 million Somalis since January 2021, and more people are expected to flee as communities face the prospect of famine By Moulid Hujale in Dolow, Somalia First, the rains failed, then Al-Shabab, an armed group that controls large...