Time to Act’s Lead Donors

Find out more about the prominent people who have stood with UNHCR in saying that it is Time to Act. Their extraordinary commitment to, and leadership of this campaign is ensuring against a lost generation of Syrian children.

Mr Peder Wallenberg

Mr Peder Wallenberg is an architect and town planner by profession and a member of the Wallenberg family, a well-known and highly influential Swedish dynasty. Peder has served on the boards of many large Swedish companies. He is a committed Philanthropist and the founder of the Carpe Vitam Foundation, which supports research and international projects within the fields of education, culture and social work. As such, he takes an active interest in developing learning and teaching methods, and education projects in general.

Pictures from the field

1- Meeting Andrew Harper_UNHCR Regional Rep. in Jordan

A full overview of the regional emergency

The first stop at the refugee registration centre

4- The registartion procedures are vital step to protect refugee rights

5- Families are receive here their first interview

6- Unforgetable story of a refugee family who fled the war

7- Visit to urban refugee communities in Al Mafraq, Jordan

8- Finding an accommodation is a challenge for refugees

9- We listed to stories of brave and dangerous journey to cross the borders

10- In a romote location where the poorest refugee families live

12- Ismail and his father are both left disabled by an explosion when they were crossing the borders

14- Children will not be able to go to school

14b- Carpe Vitam psychologist talks to Ismail

15- Ismail's injury and trauma stopped him from going to school

16- His case remains representative for our Time to Act campaign

18- The day after_Arriving in the Zaatari Camp, Jordan

20- Discussing the camp's infrastructure

24- Meeting Syrian entrepreneurial refugees and shop owners

29- Meeting two Syrian teachers in Za'atri

30- Teachers told us_ we don't dream of engenieers and doctors...

31- Meeting a family who recently arrived in the camp

33- The child is too traumatised to go to school

35- Killian accompanies us to the camp's gate

39- Leaving Za'atri with touching stories and determination to help

Videos

Peder’s Events

Stockholm Fundraising Event

On Wednesday 17 September 2014, Sweden for UNHCR and Carpe Vitam hosted the fundraising event “An evening for the refugee children of Syria” at Eric Ericsonhallen in Stockholm, in the presence of Princess Christina, Mrs Magnuson.

Ms Maureen White

Ms Maureen White is the former Senior Advisor on Humanitarian Issues in the Office of the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan at the U.S. Department of State. She was National Finance Co-Chair of the Hillary Clinton for President Campaign, and served as National Finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee (2001-2006). In the Clinton Administration she represented the US Government at UNICEF (1997-2001). Presently she is Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

She is a member of the board of the International Rescue Committee and has served on the boards of numerous other organizations involved in international humanitarian work, including the International Women’s Health Coalition, Human Rights Watch, Refugees International, the World Policy Institute and the Chatham House Foundation. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Maureen and her husband co-founded the Rattner Family Foundation.

Pictures from the field

Arriving in Tyre, where many Syrian refugees are sheltering, and going to an awareness raising sessions

Example of the poor housing conditions refugees live in

Saida_Unhealthy surrounding next to a refugee community

Maureen White with Joanne Leedom-Ackerman visiting refugee communities in Saida

Refugee women keep their children with them as they cannot leave them alone in their unsafe shelters

Arriving in Deddeh where refugee families are taking shelter in an abandonded building

Listening to the refugee community on how they reached Deddeh

Talking with refugee women about their needs and their children education

Listening to the story of a refugee child while walking to to a community centre run by the Forum of the Handicapp

In Gaziantep, Nizip Syrian Refugee Camp in Turkey_ official briefing about the situation in the camp

Refugee families need the means to support themselves and their children through initiatives like this sewing facility in the Nizip camp

Listening to refugee children telling UNHCR about their day in Nizip camp

Art work made by young refugees at Nizip Camp being exhibited

Maureen’s events

Fundraising events will be planned to take place in New York.

Princess Caroline of Hanover and AMADE

AMADE Mondiale is a charity established 50 years ago by Princess Grace of Monaco and today led by her daughter H.R.H Princess Caroline of Hanover. AMADE’s vision is a world where every child, whatever his social, religious or cultural origins are, would have the capacity to live with dignity and security, their fundamental rights fully respected.

AMADE operates through a network of local organizations in Europe, Asia, South-America and Africa and has recently signed a partnership with UNHCR. This year, AMADE has decided to focus on Time to Act to help protect Syrian refugee children. To that end, AMADE will host fundraising events in different European locations.

Pieter Bogaardt, board member and member of the Executive Committee adds: “We are very proud to join forces with UNHCR to support the United Nations Refugee Agency in its mission to protect those traumatized Syrian children who have undergone unspeakable traumas and help save an entire generation”.

AMADE Events

Rijksmuseum Fundraising Dinner

7 November 2014

7 November 2014 marked the launch of the recently formed AMADE Nederland. A fundraising dinner was held at the prestigious Rijksmuseum in the presence of H.R.H The Princess of Hanover.

Paris Gucci Masters

6 December 2014

The last leg of the acclaimed Masters Grand Slam Indoor events, the Gucci Paris Masters, it’s four ‘not to be missed’ days of glamour, excitement and world class Show Jumping.