Rohingya and Bangladeshi teachers pair up to tackle education hurdles in camps
Teaching together creates understanding between Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis By Kristy Siegfried in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh For as long as he can remember, Shah Alum’s dream was to become a teacher. But his education ended abruptly when he was forced to...
Rock band Envy Of None play for Ukraine
Envy of None lead collective effort to raise funds for UNHCR’s Ukraine emergency response Envy Of None is a coming together of musical forces. The Canadian-American rock band featuring Alex Lifeson, a founding member of Rush, Coney Hatch founder/bassist Andy...
UNHCR’s Grandi urges more support as Chad confronts multiple crises
With nearly 600,000 refugees and 400,000 internally displaced people, Chad remains a major host country despite facing its own socio-economic, political and security challenges By Alpha Seydi Ba in NDjamena, Chad Chad requires greater humanitarian and development...
War uproots Ukrainian widow from lifelong home in Mykolaiv
After the house she built with her late husband went from sanctuary to bomb shelter, 83-year-old Svetlana left her beloved garden behind to seek safety as a refugee By Roger Burks in Chisinau, Moldova When Svetlana closes her eyes, she can still see the flowers that...
For many displaced people in Latin America, new lives start in the kitchen
In a new cookbook, refugees and displaced people in the Americas and the Caribbean share their stories and the flavours of home – past and present By Aida Escobar and José Romero in Belize and Panama For Natasha*, cooking has always been a favourite hobby. But that...
UNHCR video game lets pupils experience a refugee’s perilous journey
A Syrian refugee game developer, an award-winning Austrian company and UNHCR teamed up to create game that reveals the life-or-death decisions that refugees face By Ruth Schöffl in Vienna, Austria Jack Gutmann was never one of those children whose parents badgered him...
Ethiopian families struggle to survive amid record drought
UNHCR is supporting local authorities in the Somali Region of Ethiopia to provide urgent aid to thousands forced to leave in search of water during worst drought for 40 years. By Eugene Sibomana in Kebribeyah, Ethiopia Ardo emerges from her shelter when she hears a...
Yazidi women box their way to recovery
A boxing project implemented by an NGO Innovation Award winner is empowering displaced Yazidi women and girls in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. By Rasheed Hussein Rasheed and Kristy Siegfried When Nathifa Wadie Qasim was a young girl back in Sinjar, in Iraq’s Nineveh...