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Empowerment and connection: ARTconnects cultivate the creative talents of refugee women
ARTconnects cultivate the creative talents of refugee women
The importance of a peacefully sleeping child
“I travelled to Jordan with UNHCR & I often find myself thinking about the stories so generously told to me by the refugees I met.”
Severe storms damage shelters of 16,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov in relation to Ethiopian refugees in Sudan.
A boy who had to give up his childhood
David Morrissey tells us about his journey to Cairo, where he met refugees from Syria, Somalia and Sudan.
“A refugee is… my hilarious best friend with a heart of gold”
UK for UNHCR communications officer Genna AlTai tells us about her best friend – who was forced to flee Tbilisi in Georgia.
Maya Ghazal: “A refugee can be anyone, like a pilot flying your plane – a pilot like me!”
From being forced to flee to flying airplanes, Maya Ghazal embodies the spirit and resilience of refugees in the UK.