Yahya Hassune, doesn’t take no for an answer, quite fortunately for UNHCR. About two years ago, Hassune was working on his first day as Associate Field Officer in Azraq, a new camp located in central-eastern Jordan that currently hosts about 26,000 Syrian refugees...
Providing refugee youth with a space to innovate and practice leadership in Uganda. Months into her first placement with UNHCR in Uganda, Keiko Odashiro was hit by a crisis of conscience. After years spent at the helm of her own organization – an NGO working around...
In late 2014 UNHCR Innovation launched its fifth UNHCR Ideas challenge which asked: “How can we support communities and educators to overcome the challenges faced by adolescent girls in accessing education?” What is UNHCR Ideas? It is a space for humanitarians,...
The challenge is obscured by ‘complexity’ “It’s like no other emergency” or “there are huge challenges, like nowhere I’ve ever worked” are common phrases I’ve found myself saying post deployment to almost every humanitarian operation I’ve worked in. I’m definitely not...
Project Background The majority of refugees and asylum seekers in Costa Rica live in urban settings. Because urban refugees are dispersed and mobile (compared to refugees who live in camps or settlements), communicating with them can be challenging for organizations...
Aqeela Asifi, the 2015 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award winner, was recognized for her courageous work and significant contribution to refugee girls’ education. She received a special invitation to attend the 2015 WISE Summit (World Innovation Summit for Education), which...
