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Spread kindness this winter

For refugees and displaced families forced to flee their homes, this winter threatens to be harsher than ever.

They will have to face winter struggling to keep their families warm in tents or improvised shelters, while also facing the continued threat of COVID-19.

We need to act now, before it’s too late. Your donation can help keep refugees and displaced families safe and warm this winter.

 

Help Now

US$ 1000

could provide a household solar panel to heat the shelter of displaced Afghan families living in temporary accommodation

US$ 325

could provide winter cash assistance for Syrian refugees, as well as for refugees and asylum seekers of other nationalities, allowing them to buy much-needed winter supplies for their family

US$ 70

could provide winter cash assistance for a refugee living in a camp in Jordan, to help them buy much-needed winter supplies such as clothing and medicine

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Afghan woman breaks barriers to heal Pakistan’s poor

Having grown up in a Turkmen refugee community without easy access to education, Saleema has beaten the odds by becoming a doctor.

New school brings Afghan students in from the cold

A UN-funded school building gives 500 children in a village north of Kabul a better chance at finishing their education.

Afghan boy endures hardship en route to a better future

Farouk, 15, fled Afghanistan and endured a difficult journey to be reunited with his siblings in London thanks in part to help from UNHCR.

Lone children face insecurity on Greek island

Unaccompanied children seeking asylum say they face poor conditions and threats of violence at a reception centre on Lesvos.

‘If I couldn’t study, I would feel paralyzed’

A DAFI scholarship from UNHCR allows Kobra Yusufy, 27, returned refugee, to study software engineering at Kabul University and pursue her dream of teaching.