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Happy International Day of Peace

By On September 21, 2012 · 1 Comment

Music Video: “Dear Mr. Peace” brings together the vibrant voices of refugees living in Dadaab refugee camp, in a call-out to action for Peace One Day.

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Deafness is no obstacle for refugee team in Dadaab

By On August 10, 2012 · 1 Comment

All the members of this soccer team have limited or no hearing, but that has not stopped them playing well and entering a special tournament.

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Benfica and UNHCR score for needy in Mali and Kenya refugee camp

By On August 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment

In the spirit of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, top Portuguese soccer team Benfica and the UNHCR collaborated in hopes of raising funds for displaced people in Kenya and Mali. An exhibition soccer match was scheduled on July 19, 2012 to achieve this effort. The current roster of Beefica faced off against a roster [...]

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Refugee Stories: Scisa Rumenge (Congo)

By On July 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Scisa Rumenge was born in 1981 near the town of Bunia, in eastern Congo, then known as Zaire. In the late 1990′s, he and his family — together with their entire community– were targeted on the basis of their Hema ethnic background.

After losing his parents, brother and sister to an attack on his [...]

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Refugee Stories: Hawa’s Dilemma (Kenya)

By On June 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Hawa faced a dilemma: Stay in Ethiopia where she will surely die, or flee to Kenya, where she could provide a better future for her child? Watch her describe this difficult ordeal in her own words.

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Beautiful Music Video Starring Refugees

By On June 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

UNHCR partners FilmAid have released a rockin’, beautiful and incredibly moving music video for the hit single ‘A Heavy Abacus’ by The Joy Formidable.

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Refugee Stories: Mudibu, Burundi (Part 2 of 2)

By On May 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Jean Patrick Bimenyimana, performing under the name ‘Mudibu’, grew up in the central African state of Burundi. Today, he is a musician living in the UK.

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