a Marshall Plan for Refugees in the Middle East
AMMAN, Jordan -- The recent barbaric violence in Paris claimed victims in France, but also beyond. Despite no clear evidence that one of the attackers posed as a refugee, some politicians, including...
View ArticleNew app lets users 'share meals' with Syrian children
If you own a smartphone you can now help nourish refugee children who have been forced to flee their homes during Syria’s prolonged confict. A new app launched by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on...
View ArticleUN's ShareTheMeal app a chance to donate food to refugees
Berlin: The United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) has responded to a funding crunch by developing a mobile app that lets people around the world donate money to help feed the 4 million displaced...
View ArticleWorld Food Programme pins hopes on app to nourish 20,000 Syrian children
Optimism surrounds roll-out of ShareTheMeal smartphone app after summer trial provides 1.7m meals for school children in Lesotho...
View ArticleAustralia's refugee intake program may not deliver by Christmas
Amman: Australia's humanitarian effort to resettle refugees is pushing ahead, with a new estimate that 1000 displaced Syrians and Iraqis will be on an Immigration Department list of "potential...
View ArticleSpeakers in General Assembly Call for Comprehensive, Long-Term Approach to...
(Source: UN - United Nations) A comprehensive new approach requiring the efforts of the entire international community was needed to tackle the dramatic and unprecedented refugee crisis in the...
View ArticleCouples change wedding plans to assist Syrian refugees
A wedding is a special moment and important life event to share with friends and family, but two couples are also using theirs as an innovative opportunity to help Syrian refugees. Samantha Jackson and...
View ArticleNorwegian and UNICEF’s emergency aid flight is now airborne and on its way to...
Today, Norwegian and UNICEF have sent an aircraft fully loaded with school supplies and emergency,, Vimeo Today, Norwegian and UNICEF have sent an aircraft fully loaded with school supplies and...
View ArticleHead of U.N. World Food Programme to Speak at Anti-Hunger Gala
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, will speak at the 12th Annual Gala to End Hunger in New York City...
View ArticleHope and tears in equal measure inside a Syrian refugee camp
She smiles; but she is not OK. She smiles because she is a young girl with hope, who has been promised that things are going to get better. Soriya is a bright-eyed, nine-year-old girl who, on the eve...
View ArticleThe Doctrine of 9/11 Anti-Immigration
Congressman Michael McCaul of Texas sponsored a bill (HR4038) to block Iraqi and Syrian refugees from entering into the United States. The bill is known as the American Security Against Foreign Enemies...
View ArticleThe Sezgin Baran Korkmaz Initiative: For the Sake of Our Children
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Relief International (RI) launched the $20,000,000 Sezgin Baran Korkmaz Initiative: For the Sake of Our Children on Monday evening, November 16,...
View ArticleUNICEF: New virtual reality storytelling platform lets Canadians see...
(Source: UNICEF Canada) Canadians generosity purchased 39,217 life-saving gifts, totalling more than $1.7 million in 2014 TORONTO, November 4, 2015 -In a move to inspire and motivate Canadian donors in...
View ArticleWhat one Syrian family thinks about coming to the UK
The UK is taking in 20,000 Syrian refugees between now and 2020. But how does a family feel about a new life in an unfamiliar place? "I know it's very cold," says Bayhas, 11. "It's the country of...
View ArticleSyrian Crisis - United Nations Response (UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva)
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 11 November 2015 UN ready to support any decision at the Vienna talks on Syria - Special Envoy Following his briefing to the Security Council on 10...
View ArticleBarring Syrian Refugees From The West Would Be Bad For The Middle East
4:41 PM ET Jason Beaubien Facebook Twitter Instagram i Syrian boys herd sheep near a refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption toggle caption Bilal Hussein/AP Syrian boys...
View ArticleImmigration Minister Peter Dutton visits Zaatari refugee camp, reaffirms policy
Jordan: Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has walked the dusty streets of the world's second-biggest refugee camp and the sight of children who have lost their homes through war has reinforced his...
View ArticleInternational community must provide a “New Deal” for Syria’s refugees (Oxfam...
(Source: Oxfam International) The international community must agree a bold new deal for Syria's refugees if it is serious about tackling the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, seven aid...
View Article'I came to live in dignity': Syrian refugees in the US
Hussam Al Roustom looks tired. He escaped the war in Syria in March 2013, with his wife Suha and their two small children. They fled from their hometown of Homs with little more than the clothes they...
View ArticleGrowing up as a refugee: 'I missed my childhood'
Aside from the fact that she is a refugee, Amal Osman is in every other way like a typical 14-year-old. She rolls her eyes when asked questions she doesn't want to answer, speaks in monosyllables and...
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