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UNHCR has more than 11,500 staff. Meet Oleksandra Lytvynenko, who uses her own experience of displacement to help those uprooted by conflict in Ukraine.
The Why I Give series provides donors like Regina an opportunity to share why they support refugees and offer encouragement for other compassionate Americans to join them.
The Why I Give series provides donors like Christine an opportunity to share why they support refugees and offer encouragement for other compassionate Americans to join them.
UNHCR has more than 11,500 staff, most of whom are based in the field. Meet Massoumeh Farman Farmaian, who coordinates on emergency responses.
This Syrian refugee family is grateful for the opportunity and warmth that greeted them in their host country.
In June 2018, Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan-born American and the author of 'The Kite Runner,' traveled to Lebanon as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Still haunted by the image of the lifeless body of Alan Kurdi — the 3-year-old Syrian refugee boy who died at sea while fleeing to Europe in 2015 — he wanted to understand what drives families to make such desperate journeys. Here are a few of the people Khaled met.
Rather than buying hundreds of dollars’ worth of trinkets and gadgets that will just sit on a shelf, purchase something that could save a life this holiday season.
A new statelessness determination procedure in Ukraine gives people without identity documents the right to work, study and access healthcare.
A troubling new report indicates that opportunities to learn diminish greatly when children are forced to flee their homes and as they grow older.
USA for UNHCR supporters like you have already helped thousands of kids to keep learning during the coronavirus pandemic, but more children need your help.
With a sturdy shelter to call home and the means to feed, clothe and care for her children, Alin is smiling again because she feels safe - for the first time in quite a while.
The Why I Give series provides donors like Elisa an opportunity to share why they support refugees and offer encouragement for other compassionate Americans to join them.
UNHCR’s Bathoul Ahmed describes some of the horrors she has witnessed while working in war-torn Yemen.
USA for UNHCR’s mission is to protect and empower the world’s refugees. Using storytelling to engender empathy is critical to what we do. But it’s not enough.
Interested in helping USA for UNHCR but feel overwhelmed by giving up your assets today? A simple, flexible and versatile way to ensure we can continue our work for years to come is a gift in your will or living trust, known as a charitable bequest.
Is there a difference between 'refugee' and 'migrant'? Yes, the two terms have distinct meanings and confusing them leads to problems for both populations.
I’m so happy you’re joining me and sharing your story! Please use the space below to write about why you support refugees. I’ll go first.
Photojournalist Brian Sokol asked several refugees in South Sudan to show him the most important item they brought with them.
I’m so happy you’re joining me and sharing your story! Please use the space below to write about why you support refugees. I’ll go first.
Take our quiz and learn how USA for UNHCR donors help provide clean water to refugees
Clean water is one of a refugee's most vital needs. Water to drink. Water to use for washing, cooking and cleaning. Water is essential to protect health, prevent the spread of deadly diseases and maintain dignity. Water is life — and it is a precious gift that you can give.
Despite grave threats to their safety, refugee mothers like Aisha are strong, resilient and determined to secure their children’s futures.
A group of Sudanese refugee boys are working hard, giving up every weekend to fish, in order to stay in school.
Invest in refugee children by supporting their teachers — some of the most dedicated educators in the world! You can provide teachers with the training materials they need to give their students a solid foundation of learning.
Goodwill Ambassador Khaled Hosseini traveled to Uganda to support the UN Refugee Agency’s emergency response to the South Sudan crisis.