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2019 DAFI Scholarship for refugees in Rwanda
UNHCR Rwanda invites young refugees to submit their applications to participate in DAFI scholarship program (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative).
Seeking refuge in Rwanda, Burundian refugee woman challenges COVID-19 uncertainty through fish business.
Domitille Hakizimana fled insecurity in Bujumbura more than a demi-decade ago. She is now defying uncertain situation inflicted by COVID-19 via her fishery business.

2019 DAFI Scholarship for refugees in Rwanda
UNHCR Rwanda invites young refugees to submit their applications to participate in DAFI scholarship program (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative).

Rwanda: Sudanese refugee mother regain hope regardless of perilous voyage.
“Get up, buckle your belt and fight for your life”, encourages Fetiya* to all women during this Women’s Day.

2019 DAFI Scholarship for refugees in Rwanda
UNHCR Rwanda invites young refugees to submit their applications to participate in DAFI scholarship program (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative).

UNHCR Expresses Condolences for Tragic loss of life in the ETM Center in Gashora

2019 DAFI Scholarship for refugees in Rwanda
UNHCR Rwanda invites young refugees to submit their applications to participate in DAFI scholarship program (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative).

Humanitarian agencies seek US$222 million to support Burundian refugees

2019 DAFI Scholarship for refugees in Rwanda
UNHCR Rwanda invites young refugees to submit their applications to participate in DAFI scholarship program (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative).

Rwanda: 1000 hills and a big heart
One year on: Nine pledges made by the Government of Rwanda at the Global Refugee Forum on education, livelihoods, protection, energy and environment, and health show progress and promise.

2019 DAFI Scholarship for refugees in Rwanda
UNHCR Rwanda invites young refugees to submit their applications to participate in DAFI scholarship program (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative).

Feeling safe again: ECHO support helps UNHCR protect refugee youth in Rwanda’s Congolese refugee camp.
Thanks to ECHO support, young refugee Mazimpaka Pascal left negative coping mechanisms to join the volleyball team in Mugombwa thanks to youth protection programmes.

2019 DAFI Scholarship for refugees in Rwanda
UNHCR Rwanda invites young refugees to submit their applications to participate in DAFI scholarship program (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative).

UNHCR resumes life-saving evacuation flights to Rwanda for the first time in nearly a year
After several months of waiting and uncertainty, the resumption of evacuation flights from Libya to Rwanda is a fantastic message of hope for thousands of asylum seekers.

2019 DAFI Scholarship for refugees in Rwanda
UNHCR Rwanda invites young refugees to submit their applications to participate in DAFI scholarship program (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative).

Ending Statelessness in 2024: Rwanda establishes a clear pathway toward this goal
In 2021, Rwanda’s National Statelessness Taskforce and UNHCR will prioritise the identification of statelessness persons and those with undetermined nationality living in Rwanda.

2019 DAFI Scholarship for refugees in Rwanda
UNHCR Rwanda invites young refugees to submit their applications to participate in DAFI scholarship program (Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative).

ETM Rwanda: EU support helps UNHCR to bring fresh hope to a young refugee
Beza Yimesgen* was fortunate enough to be part of the group of refugees evacuated, from Libya to the Gashora ETM in Rwanda in 2019.