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UNHCR’s response to COVID-19 around the world

In the Philippines and around the world, see how UNHCR and its partners are helping governments step up COVID-19 preventive and preparatory measures for refugees, displaced people and host communities.
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Reaching the most vulnerable families in Mindanao

In 2019, we helped hard-to-reach communities in Mindanao prepare for disasters, and promoted confidence and self-reliance among forcibly displaced families. This 2020, let us build better futures for the 484,443 individuals who are still displaced and in need of protection.
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Remembering our humanitarian legacy with ‘Safe Haven: Jewish Refugees in the Philippines’

To pay tribute to the legacy of Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon, whose Open Door policy saved close to 1,300 Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust, twin events were organized by the Philippine Mission to the UN in New York and the Philippine Embassy in Israel.
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UNHCR and UNICEF support Zamboanga City in pilot birth registration project for Sama Bajaus

More than 200 Sama Bajaus were provided with birth certificates on 10 December, in a pilot birth registration project spearheaded by Zamboanga City and supported by UNHCR and UNICEF.
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Atom Araullo on the challenges and milestones of the Rohingya crisis

“Refugees are not always ‘victims’. They are a positive force,” said Goodwill Ambassador Atom Araullo.
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Providing Durable Solutions to Refugees

The COVID-19 outbreak has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.

UNHCR is committed to preventing and responding to this health emergency.

Our primary goal is to protect refugees, displaced people and their host communities.

But we can’t do this alone, please donate TODAY.

PHP 10,000
supports one month’s work of health education – raising awareness on various health and nutrition issues

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PHP 5,000
supports the construction of one tube well to provide clean water to refugees and IDPs in low-resource settings

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PHP 3,000
provides a one-day refresher training on child & adolescent health, hygiene, and nutrition for at least 3 vulnerable IDPs