Stories

Programmes like the accelerated learning program, which is funded by UNHCR and ECHO, will give an opportunity to over-age learners to have access to basic education.

“We cannot travel without documents. We cannot do anything to enjoy our rights.”

There is very little a young woman like me can do to fight FGM alone but I know there is hope.

#TeamRefugees receive messages of encouragement from Kakuma

Family and friends of #TeamRefugees athletes send their messages of support from Kakuma Refugee Camp.

As the Refugee Olympic Team was preparing to make history in the 120th Olympic games in Rio, refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma Camp, were preparing for their own iconic games

“I promise to use my voice to tell your stories”

This is a new way of working for UNHCR. The partnerships with development partners is the way forward, it is a new approach intended to encourage self-reliance of both refugees and host community, boost the local economy, and also prepare refugees for sustainable returns, once conditions in their countries of origin allows

Refugees need to be assisted to return home in an orderly manner