By Laura Reiley
Rosaria Butterfield, Kathleen Nielson, and Gloria Furman discuss the priceless value of books and how to grow as a reader.
U.S. has now provided $720 million, including more than $100 million toward emergency appeals.
Refugee students from Congo, Somalia, Sudan and Nepal who are attending Cottonwood High School
Various non-food items included in package; free transport offered.
Twenty-three refugees took the Oath of \nAllegiance Saturday at a World Refugee Day \ncelebration in Salt Lake City, making them \ncitizens of the United States. The \nadministration of the oath kicked off a host \nof \nfestivities at Liberty Park.
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Nearly 40,000 Refugees Flee Burundi
GENEVA, December 11 (UNHCR) - Faced with expanding humanitarian crises in the Middle East and parts of Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa, donor nations today pledged US$550 million towards the work of the UN refugee agency in 2013 in helping millions of people worldwide. An additional US$169 million was pledged for 2014 and beyond.
If you educate a refugee woman, the ripple effect can change the destiny of a family, a clan an
Despite risks, northward pull draws growing number of Central American migrants
A local student is one of just five finalists for a charity contest by VH1. The winner gets $100,000 for their charity.
The heads of UNHCR Antonio Guterres, and WFP's Ertharin Cousin visited South Sudan in April 2014, to raise awareness of the conditions faced by the people of...
Kenya Steps Back From Threat to Expel Somali Refugees - NYTimes.com
One of the people to be recognized at this year's Catholic Community Services Awards Dinner is Pamela Mufuka, a college student with quite a story to tell.
Some land routes are blocked and boats are scarce. As a result, many refugees who just arrived in the African nation of Djibouti are from Yemen's small professional class.
When asked about his childhood, Jean Bosco Ngwabije, 33, remembers two things -- fighting and running.
In collaboration with Warscapes, we introduce five Sudanese writers and ask them to reflect on the uses and misuses of storytelling during conflict
Dr. Summy To, O.D., owner of Myoptic optometry + modern eyewear, in north Portland, performs mobile eye exams in a darkened hallway at Portland's Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization. To is starting a new initiative to provide eye health...
AB GADAM, Chad, July 4 (UNHCR) - Many people like to have a glass of water beside their bed in case they get thirsty in the middle of the night. Zenab keeps a jerry can full of the precious fluid. "That's our emergency ration," she explained to UNHCR.
