The severe winter always brings threats and damage for the refugee because refugees don’t have enough clothes and resources to against the cold, they can not resist the damage and impacts from winter by themself. The low temperature from severe winter is always causing the death of the refugee because of hypothermia.
Your assistance can bring warmth to the refugee
Blankets and Sleeping Mats for Warmth
Families forced from their homes leave everything they own behind. This gift provides warmth and comfort as soon as they reach a refugee camp.
For just HK$750, you can provide the warmth and comfort of blankets and sleeping mats for 5 families that might otherwise sleep on the cold hard ground.
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.
Read more refugee’ stories in against the severe winter
“In this winter, the only thing I want to do is to protect my children who can grow in a warm environment without any impacts from severe winter.”
— — Abu Mohammad, a Jordan refugee
“In winter, warm clothes are very expensive, you can observe that there are so many children in street without any clothes and shoes.”
——Rana, a Jordan refugee
Please lend your assistance to refugees who are suffering the severe winter
You can give blankets and sleeping pads to five refugee families so that they can sleep in a warm environment.
You can provide the cooking kits to the refugee so that they consume warm food against the severe winter.
You can provide the tent to the refugee family as a shelter against the severe winter.
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.