How We Fundraise
How We Fundraise Information about UNHCR Canada’s fundraising activities and how we fundraise. Photo: © UNHCR/Viktor Pesenti Currently, UNHCR Canada raises funds in the following ways: Online donations You can make online donations to UNHCR Canada. The...
Syrian violinist helps Canadian community hear his song
Sari Alesh’s promising music career was cut short by war. With the help of sponsors, the violinist can now play once more. Unlike most of the 31,000 Syrian refugees arriving to Canada over the last year, Sari Alesh, 31, did not bring a trade. Instead, among his few...
Syrian seamstress becomes a part of community fabric
With the help of sponsors, Rabiaa Al Soufi’s skills have become a valued part of one tight-knit community in Nova Scotia, Canada. By Leyland Cecco and Annie Sakkab in Antigonish, Canada When a local hockey coach phoned Rabiaa Al Soufi, she didn’t hesitate before...
Q&A: A survivor breaks her silence
Yami Msosa speaks on her experience as a gender-based violence survivor. Her dedication in raising awareness and empowering young women and girls extends beyond her employment at the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Ottawa. OTTAWA, Canada, December 1 (UNHCR) – Since...
Ending Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) – UNHCR Acts
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a violation of human rights. It denies the human dignity of the individual and hurts human development. UNHCR is committed to ending all forms of SGBV by working to prevent such violence before it happens and responding to...
Caught in the crossfire: conflict & children
Approximately half of the world’s refugees are children. The international community must act quickly to protect the millions of young people whose lives have been brutally interrupted by conflict. As of 2016, 65.3 million people around the world have been forced to...
Those Who Remain: Who is stuck in Syria?
According to UNHCR estimates, 13.5 million people (75% of the current population) are in need of humanitarian assistance inside Syria. Before the war began in 2011, Syria was considered a stable middle-income country. Literacy rates were at 86%, unemployment levels a...
The Syrian Conflict Through the Eyes of a Child
This is a fictionalized account of a child’s experience during the ongoing conflict in Syria. It is based on true events and interviews with child refugees and their families as documented by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in The Future of Syria: Refugee Children in...