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Typhoon Haiyan: Helping survivors to jump ship and land on their feet
24 Dec 2013 Rosita Pica was among some 200 people living on a beached ship until UNHCR staff gave them an alternative – tents close to home. -
Typhoon Haiyan casts fishing community adrift
2 Dec 2013 The Saballa family have lost 12 family members and are now in limbo amid reports that rebuilding may be banned along some coastal areas. -
UNHCR delivers tents to keep typhoon-affected families together
21 Nov 2013 UNHCR is delivering family-sized tents to local authorities in the Philippines to provide temporary shelter for uprooted families like Elena Catindoy's. -
Typhoon Haiyan: Survivors leave home areas in search of family and aid
19 Nov 2013 UNHCR and its partners will set up a designated area at Tacloban airport to collect data on these displaced people, their destinations and vulnerabilities. -
Reports of growing tension and trauma among typhoon survivors in the Philippines
12 Nov 2013 The survivors need food, clean water, medicines, clothing and plastic sheets. But damaged roads, bridges and debris are hampering humanitarian access. -
Syrian refugees: The kindness of a stranger in a southern Turkey border town
7 Nov 2013 Mahmut left his tourism business in Istanbul to come and help Syrian refugees in the town of Akcakale. He is now hosting three grateful families in his large family house. -
Syrian refugee women battle boredom and bad memories by making carpets
24 Oct 2013 A group of about 40 women in Adiyaman camp find a way to occupy their time, making carpets under a project set up and sponsored by the camp management. -
UNHCR and host countries to push for greater international help on Syrian refugees
4 Sep 2013 Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq in ministerial meet with UNHCR to push for expanded international support for countries hosting Syrian refugees. -
Amid the violence in Colombia, an indigenous people struggle for their identity
14 Aug 2013 The Awa have been displaced repeatedly and UNHCR is helping the group's members in Ecuador prepare in case it happens again.