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Conference on Sustaining Support for the Rohingya Refugee Response 22 October 2020
Joint Closing Announcement by Co-Hosts We are grateful to all who have participated in today’s conference, including those who have announced or pledged funding for the international humanitarian response, those who are supporting members of the Rohingya communities...![‘Give us a seat at the table and we’ll change the world’](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GiveUsASeatTable.jpg)
‘Give us a seat at the table and we’ll change the world’
At the High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges, participants say those who are forcibly displaced are eager and qualified to help rebuild communities devastated by COVID-19. By Sarah Schafer Refugees and others who have endured trauma, pain and...![Yemen can’t wait: A window into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RF2288524_UNHCR_YEM_5-YERS-OF-WRK_18-MAR-2020-12-1080x675.jpg)
Yemen can’t wait: A window into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
By Jean-Nicolas Beuze, as told to Lauren La Rose After completing his post as UNHCR Canada Representative, Jean-Nicolas Beuze assumed his new role this year as UNHCR’s Representative in Yemen, where more than 80 per cent of the population depend on humanitarian aid...![Innovative ‘keyhole’ gardens help refugees improve their nutrition](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Keyhole-Garden.jpg)
Innovative ‘keyhole’ gardens help refugees improve their nutrition
A unique yet simple approach to growing vegetables is diversifying refugees’ diets in Tanzania’s refugee camps. By Edward Ogolla and Christina John in Nduta, Tanzania Venancia Nibitanga appears from behind her house with a bunch of green vegetables. She washes them...![UNHCR cash grants provide a lifeline to thousands of refugees in Iran](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CashGrantIran.jpg)
UNHCR cash grants provide a lifeline to thousands of refugees in Iran
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has stepped up its cash assistance to support thousands...![Refugees in South Africa share acts of kindness with their hosts](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SouthAfricaKindness.jpg)
Refugees in South Africa share acts of kindness with their hosts
A community of Somali refugees stand together with their South African neighbours to assist those struggling the most during the COVID-19 pandemic. By Kate Pond in Pretoria, South Africa It is the kindness of strangers that fuels Saeed Mohamed’s passion to give back....![Refugees find help with mental health effects of Beirut blast](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/MentalHealthBeirut.jpg)
Refugees find help with mental health effects of Beirut blast
With her daughter left traumatized by the 4 August explosion, Syrian mother Fahima approached UNHCR, who arranged for professional help with her mental recovery. By Warda Al-Jawahiry and Rihab Charida in Beirut, Lebanon When the shockwave from Beirut’s port explosion...![COVID-19 inducing ‘widespread despair’ among refugees, UNHCR appeals for urgent support for mental health](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Covid-Mental-Health.jpg)
COVID-19 inducing ‘widespread despair’ among refugees, UNHCR appeals for urgent support for mental health
The consequences of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, deteriorating socio-economic conditions, protracted displacement and the critical shortfall in solutions to displacement are leading to widespread despair among refugees, warns UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency today....![#IAmAnAdvocate: Former Iraqi refugees and brothers create art to raise funds in support of displaced people worldwide](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Untitled-design-4-1-940x675.png)