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Neil Gaiman and Guillermo del Toro share their ‘Films of Hope’
Author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Gaiman and director del Toro share a watchlist to support the vulnerable affected by COVID-19. By Sarah Epstein in London To keep movie lovers inspired through a holiday season like no other, author Neil Gaiman and Oscar-winning...![Kat Graham appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/kat-graham.jpg)
Kat Graham appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced the appointment of Swiss-born American actress, singer and human rights activist Kat Graham as its newest Goodwill Ambassador. Since 2013, Graham has been working with UNHCR as a High-Profile Supporter to bring attention...![UNHCR at 70: proud of our work but in no mood to celebrate](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/unhcr70.jpg)
UNHCR at 70: proud of our work but in no mood to celebrate
For seven decades, colleagues in the UN Refugee Agency have protected, saved and changed millions of lives. But how much better it would be, says High Commissioner Filippo Grandi, if no one was compelled to flee at all… By Filippo Grandi On 14 December, the Office of...![IOM and UNHCR chiefs stress that COVID-19 underlines the urgent need for universal health coverage](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/kenya-baby.jpg)
IOM and UNHCR chiefs stress that COVID-19 underlines the urgent need for universal health coverage
Ahead of International Universal Health Coverage Day (12 December), as the world struggles to curb COVID-19, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and the Director General of IOM António Vitorino, stressed that health services must be inclusive of all...![UNHCR forum weighs lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/UNHCR-Dialogue.jpg)
UNHCR forum weighs lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
The final session of this year’s High Commissioner’s Dialogue considered solutions for responding to future global emergencies. By UNHCR Staff The COVID-19 pandemic has shown just how vital it is to include refugees and displaced people in plans and decisions that...![Birth registration gaps leave South Africans in limbo](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Birth-Registration4.jpg)
Birth registration gaps leave South Africans in limbo
UNHCR is working with the South African government to help people at risk of statelessness obtain vital identity documents. By Pumla Rulashe in Brits, South Africa Mpho Modise can only guess her age and it embarrasses her. “I would say I am about 33,” she says. She is...![Twitter community drew images of what it means to be warm – and we animated it](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Draw-for-refugees-.jpg)
Twitter community drew images of what it means to be warm – and we animated it
Writer Neil Gaiman launches animated version of ‘What You Need to Be Warm’ to raise life-saving funds for Syrian refugees left out in the cold. By UNHCR Staff “A baked potato of a winter’s night to wrap your hands around or burn your mouth. A blanket knitted by your...![‘Walking in their shoes has given me the tools I need to serve’](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Venezuela-Volunteer.jpg)
‘Walking in their shoes has given me the tools I need to serve’
UNHCR has over 17,000 personnel. Meet Elvia Peñaranda, a Venezuelan UN Refugee Volunteer who draws on her own experiences to assist Venezuelans refugees and migrants in Colombia. By Fernando Hernández Parada in Cúcuta, Colombia Name: Elvia Eduviges Peñaranda, 38, from...![Venezuelan jeweller defies disability to start over in exile](https://www.unhcr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/5fc545ff3.jpg)