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Infographic Contest: Answers Revealed!

By On March 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Thank you to all those who participated in the Infographic contest both on the blog and through USA for UNHCR’s Facebook Page.

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Photo Friday Infographic: How the UN is Helping (Plus a contest!)

By On March 16, 2012 · 1 Comment

Our friends at the UN Foundation shared this helpful infographic on leap day showing how UN agencies are making a better world through their work. Can YOU name all the agencies represented here?

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Photo Friday: Back to School

By On November 4, 2011 · 1 Comment

This displaced little boy’s name is Firas. While attending school in Erbil, in Iraq’s northern region of Kurdistan, he has finally found safety.

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Photo Friday: Qubra & Pervez (Plus Video)

By On October 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Qubra and her son Pervez fled Afghanistan after Pervez was detained and tortured before being warned by the Taliban never to return to his home country.

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Help the UN Refugee Agency Save Lives in Somalia and Across the Horn of Africa! (PSA)

By On August 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment

In a new video, Americans are urged to contribute to UNHCR’s urgent life-saving efforts by donating online, getting a Blue Key, or texting SOMALIA to 80000 to add a donation of $10 to your wireless bill.*

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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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“I feel very helpless because I have nothing left.”

By On July 25, 2011 · 1 Comment

As conditions worsen in Somalia, young and old alike are fleeing to find help at camps for the internally displaced within the country or further out to refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia.

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