UNHCR

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  • UNHCR UN refugee

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  • Geneva, Genève, CH
  • Last Login: 9/23/2009

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    Ben Affleck launches ‘Gimme Shelter’ - a humanitarian appeal for victims of the fighting in the Congo

    Ben Affleck talks to residents of the Congo

    Renewed violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has triggered a humanitarian crisis forcing more than 250,000 people, many of them already displaced, to flee their homes, bringing a forgotten crisis to the world’s attention.

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UNHCR, commonly known as the UN refugee agency, is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect and assist displaced people around the world and to help find lasting solutions for them.

Set up with modest goals in 1950, UNHCR has since helped tens of millions of people, picking up two Nobel Peace Prizes along the way for its vital humanitarian work.

For those forced to flee their homes, normally because of war or persecution, the UN refugee agency is often the last hope for a return to a normal life. Today, a staff of around 6,300 in more than 110 countries help some 32.9 million people in need.

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The short video is about UNHCR and what it does on a daily basis, not just in the DRC, but wherever there is a need to protect uprooted and endangered families.

Nakivale refugee settlement

This is at the Nakivale refugee settlement, some 300km away from the Congolese boarder, hosting refugees mainly from the DRC, Rwanda, Somalia, Burundi, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Nakivale is the settlement that is receiving all newly arrived Congolese refugees in Uganda, the Kabazana Reception Center being located inside the settlement, where refugees receive hot meals and basic health care. ©ZALMAÏ 2008

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