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Photo Friday: 61st Anniversary of UNHCR

By On December 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This week, we celebrated a special day — the 61st anniversary of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)!

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Dadaab: Walking the fine line between helping refugees and risking lives

By On December 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Increased insecurity means UNCHR staff are risking their lives to help the refugees in the Horn of Africa. Fortunately, the refugees themselves are pitching in.

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Somali Refugees Learn to Live Together in New Tented Town Rising in Kenya

By On September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

In the new Ifo extension of the Dadaab refugee complex, a community is being created. Water, schools, and pickup soccer games bring together those who lost everything.

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Hope wins out as Somali refugee heads to Salt Lake City for a new life

By On September 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

After 20 years in a refugee camp in Kenya, a Somali man and his family are resettling to the United States – one example of how UNHCR is helping refugees open the door to a better life.

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Helping the Most Vulnerable in Dadaab

By On August 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

UNHCR is taking special care to identify and assist those with special needs coming into camps from famine-struck Somalia, including the disabled, elderly, expecting mothers and children.

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Video: Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Former Senator Bill Frist visit UNHCR Refugee Complex in Dadaab, Kenya

By On August 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Jill Biden and former Senator Bill Frist visit UNHCR’s Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya to see first-hand the humanitarian crisis on the border of Somalia and pledge America’s help.

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Video: Mother & 5 Kids Walk 30 Days to Reach Help Amid Somalia Famine

By On July 22, 2011 · 1 Comment

A mother and her 4 kids walked for a month to reach Dadaab, Kenya. Along the way, she found another child alone in the desert…

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