Tag: UNHCR

Mastercard Foundation and UNHCR launch $300m partnership for refugee education and livelihoods

Stuart Mitchell

The Mastercard Foundation has announced a landmark $300 million strategic partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, that will enable more than half a million refugees and displaced youth across Africa to complete their education and 200,000 young people to transition into dignified work by 2030. “This extraordinary commitment comes at a time of unprecedented displacement across Africa, and globally,” said Kelly T. Clements, UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner. “Its scale and long-term focus – on education for refugee children and youth, and on livelihoods for adults – lay the foundation…

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“Refugees for Climate Action” network launched at COP29 to champion displaced communities fighting climate change

Stuart Mitchell

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, unveiled today the “Refugees for Climate Action” network, an initiative designed to amplify the voices of displaced communities in the global climate debate. The network brings together for the first time eight forcibly displaced people from across the world who are passionate about climate activism and advocating for climate justice, action and inclusion of refugees and displaced communities in policy discussions. The Refugees for Climate Action group was initially convened in 2023 by UNHCR to create a space where refugees and displaced communities on the…

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New Global Alliance launched to consign statelessness to history

Stuart Mitchell

More than 100 States, civil society organizations, stateless-led entities, academics and others have united to form a new Global Alliance to End Statelessness, committing to address the grave inequity faced by millions of people around the world denied a nationality. The Global Alliance, which builds on the decade-long #IBelong campaign, was officially launched by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, during the annual Executive Committee meeting of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Geneva, which started Monday and continues this week. “Over the last decade, we have made real…

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Scholarship programme prepares refugees to build brighter futures after graduation

Stuart Mitchell

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for more investment in higher education for refugees and more employment opportunities for refugee graduates to help realize their potential. In many countries, refugees continue to struggle to access higher education on an equal footing with nationals due to a lack of inclusive education policies, capacity constraints, prohibitive fees and administrative or bureaucratic impediments. “Without policy and implementation changes, access to higher education cannot translate into sustainable livelihoods in a systematic way,” said Kelly T. Clements, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.…

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Renowned UK artist and refugees sow The Seeds of Hope across London

Stuart Mitchell

If you were out and about in London this May, you might have noticed some unusual and meaningful flowers popping up across the city. In the latest collaboration between British conceptual artist, Kate Daudy and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, The Seeds of Hope calls to mind the oneness of nature and humanity. Through art, video and digital, the project evokes how refugees with the right support and compassion can thrive – just as seeds blown by the wind can flower under any circumstance. Daudy’s iconic felt flowers started growing…

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