After long journey fleeing from home, winter is a nightmare to many of the refugee families.
Currently there are 70.8 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. UNHCR estimates that 3.88 million internally displaced persons and refugees in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt need timely and substantial help to properly prepare for the forthcoming winter. For many, this will be the ninth consecutive winter in displacement.
Ranging from emergency shelter, warm clothing to cooking set, your generous donation is an empowering yet essential virtual festive gift in the “Shop for Refugees”.
Shop for a good cause through the Gifts of Warmth and warm their hearts this winter!
This Lunar New Year, send out a Gift of Warmth
Choose your life-changing gifts today
Blankets and Sleeping Mats for Warmth
Families forced from their homes have left everything behind. This gift provides warmth and comfort as soon as they reach a refugee camp.
Cooking kits for Hot Meal
Cooking kits can provide refugee families who have lost everything a stove, pots and cutlery, giving them not only the necessities to cook a hot meal, but also feeling of normalcy.
A UNHCR Tent for Family
A UNHCR family tent is built to be weatherproof in both hot and cold weather conditions, and will last for a year, with room for five to sleep and to live, so that they can be kept safe and away from snow.
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How does “Shop for Refugees” work?
Gifts in “Shop for Refugees” are symbolic items that represent UNHCR’s lifesaving assistance and services all around the world. When you choose to send vital and empowering gifts from an array of options, ranging from food, clean water, shelter, medical to school supplies, the income generated from “Shop for Refugees” will be used to support UNHCR’s works to protect people forced to flee, find solutions to resolve refugee issues and ensure that everyone has the right to seek asylum.