While fleeing for their lives, the displaced people often leave behind their livelihood, possessions and sources of income.
In response to the growing needs of the displaced throughout the world who often flee their homes with nothing but the clothes on their backs. UNHCR provides Core Relief Items kits include essential household items such as mattresses, blankets, plastic sheets, containers for water, cooking utensils and hygiene kits.
Lebanon. Syrian refugee family benefiting from shelter assistance. Syrian refugee Amira with her daughter Amani in their home. © UNHCR/Hannah Maule-ffinch
Blanket
Imagine not being able to keep your children safe from the cold at night. Blankets are used to provide protection against loss of body temperature, according to the requirements imposed by climate / temperature conditions. UNHCR provide warm blanket and protection to people who have lost everything.
Bangladesh. Aid continues to arrive for Rohingya families. “I feel happy to have the light, it helps me to study.” Eight-year-old Rohingya refugee Umme Habiba stands beneath a UNHCR solar lantern outside her shelter at Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh. © UNHCR/Andrew McConnell
Solar lantern
The light from a lantern gives a refugee a sense of security and protection, especially at night. You can provide a tool that will help a refugee adjust to their new surroundings.
UNHCR is distributing Water Sanitation-Hygiene Kits to refugee families in Kutupalong camp and Chakmakrul, Bangladesh. © UNHCR/Roger Arnold
Jerry Can
During wars and conflicts, refugees are living in the place where accessing to clean water is difficult. Jerry Can help us ensure that refugees and displaced have a container to spare clean water enough for their living and can protect themselves against water bound disease. Moreover, it helps reduce risk that might cause during walking long distance for clean water in some area.
Seventeen-month-old Rohingya refugee, Arafat, sleeps soundly on UNHCR mattress in his new monsoon-ready shelter where he lives with his parents and older brother in Kutupalong settlement.
© UNHCR/Vincent Tremeau
Mattress
As night-time temperatures drop. Mattress helps prevent children and family from sleeping on the cold hard ground.
Democratic Republic of Congo. Burundian refugees are being hosted by local families. UNHCR provide protection and essential assistant such as schools, health centers and with proper security. © UNHCR/Federico Scoppa
Mosquito Net
For refugee families in sub-tropical temperatures, a mosquito net can mean the difference between life and death. Malaria is deadly but this simple, cost-effective solution saves lives.
เจ้าหน้าที่ภาคสนามในค่ายผู้ลี้ภัยชาวโรฮิงญา ประเทศบังคลาเทศ ร่วมกิจกรรม Tetris Challenge แสดงสิ่งของบรรเทาทุกข์ ได้แก่ อุปกรณ์ประกอบอาหาร ผ้าห่ม เสื่อนอน ตะเกียงพลังงานสงอาทิตย์ ถังน้ำเอนกประสงค์ และมุ้งกันยุง ที่ UNHCR มอบให้ผู้ลี้ภัยในการดำรงชีวิตในค่าย นอกจากนี้ยังมีเชือกและอุปกรณ์อื่นๆ สำหรับการสร้างและซ่อมแซมที่พักพิง ปกป้องครอบครัวผู้ลี้ภัยจากภูมิอากาศรุนแรงในหน้ามรสุม ©UNHCR