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Afghanistan’s women carpet weavers thrown an economic lifeline
A UNHCR-supported carpet weaving and processing centre will provide new jobs and better working conditions for former refugee and displaced Afghan women.
Hope for Pemba community as they gain recognition as Kenyan citizens
Barke Hamisi always felt she was a Kenyan, until her first encounter with the stigma of statelessness. Nearly three decades later, she can finally say, “I belong.”
Q&A: ‘We need to celebrate the courage of aid workers who continue to deliver’
As a staff counsellor, George Obiero supports UNHCR colleagues responding to emergencies in Sudan and beyond, helping them to navigate the ‘unique challenges of their work.’
UNHCR helps Indigenous Venezuelans to stay on their lands
The Pemón people are the guardians of an immense nature reserve in southeastern Venezuela. But poverty is pushing many off their traditional lands.
Syrian refugee family starts over again in Spain after Türkiye earthquakes
Six months after losing everything during the devastating earthquakes that hit southeastern Türkiye, a Syrian refugee family are making a new life in the Spanish city of Seville.
Families fleeing insecurity in DR Congo make neighbouring Republic of the Congo their new home
In Ngabé, local residents share what little they have with refugees from the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In the Central African Republic, Sudanese refugees start new lives alongside host communities
After fleeing Sudan’s conflict, refugees are finding shelter, support, and safety in Korsi, a new neighbourhood in the northern city of Birao.
Displaced families in Myanmar brace for monsoon season in cyclone aftermath
In hard-hit Rakhine State, heavy rains will bring further hardships for hundreds of thousands of displaced people whose homes were damaged by Cyclone Mocha.
Colombian lawyer puts life on the line to serve communities under threat
Raised in displacement, Yaselly Martínez Ortiz now works to help Colombian communities affected by the country’s armed conflict.
Internally displaced Colombians fight for survival in the city
Remaining in many of the traditional villages in Colombia’s Chocó region means facing violence from the country’s armed conflict, but life in the city brings new problems.
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