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<title><![CDATA[IKEA Foundation gives USD 62 million for world's biggest refugee complex]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[GENEVA, 30 AUG 2011 - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees today announced a landmark $62 million donation from the IKEA Foundation geared towards expanding emergency relief for the thousands of people...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IKEA Foundation gives UNHCR US$62 million for Somali refugees in Kenya]]></title> 
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<title><![CDATA[IKEA Foundation donates mattresses, duvets and covers for Libya-displaced ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR staff start distribution of thousands of IKEA mattresses, duvets and duvet covers to displaced families at Tunisia's Choucha transit camp.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugees in Armenia get wired for work]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A UNHCR-funded computer training course is opening doors to better job opportunities for refugees in Armenia, like 23-year-old Ramella. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Helping communities who are helping Haiti's displaced]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Children displaced by last year's Haitian earthquake get access to education under a UNHCR project supported by the Pirelli Group and its employees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Former Bosnian refugee promotes technology to bring hope to the displaced ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Leila Toplic fled from Bosnia and Herzegovina when she was 18. Today, she works in Paris for Microsoft while also helping to raise awareness about refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR computer centres offer education, jobs and a future in Georgia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR-funded computer centres in Georgia help thousands of forcibly displaced people to improve their knowledge, gain qualifications and find jobs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 1 Oct 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Manpower and UNHCR empower refugees resettling to the US]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Under an innovative scheme, some refugees from Myanmar are preparing for office jobs in the United States even while living in a Thai jungle.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Displaced in Georgia get access to computer and information technology]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR expands its Community Technology Access programme to Georgia, giving displaced people access to computers for education and livelihood purposes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VIPs share refugee experience in Davos; UNHCR co-launches business partnership site]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In between the power talks, presentations and networking, VIPs at the annual Davos meeting have been experiencing a bit of life as a refugee on the run. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bangladesh: solar power and determination bring the information age to remote refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Cultural constraints on women and restrictions on movement prove no barrier to computer literacy for Rohingya refugees in a distant corner of Bangladesh.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate partners announce projects with UNHCR at annual Clinton Global Initiative meet]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and two of its corporate partners announce technology-based projects that will improve the lives of tens of thousands of refugees in Africa and Asia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Executives visit UNHCR projects in Africa and pledge more help]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Senior business leaders pledge to continue support for UNHCR after visiting refugees in Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Barcelona, UNHCR launch "Més" campaign to help refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Spanish football giants FC Barcelona and UNHCR launch a new fund-raising campaign to bring sports, education and life skills to refugee youngsters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PricewaterhouseCoopers donates $4 million to educate Darfur's refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The firm has donated US$4 million to support the education of refugee children in eastern Chad's camps, in the single largest corporate donation ever received by the UN refugee agency.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Basketball star takes the bull by the horns to help refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Chicago Bulls player Luol Deng is the latest high-profile supporter of UNHCR's <strong>nine</strong>million.org campaign, pledging to donate US$50 for every basket he scores in the season. The former refugee explains why he wants to help.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps refugees tell their stories through Pangea Day]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Refugees from around the world will tell their stories in video messages as part of the inaugural Pangea Day global film event this Saturday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate gift highlights sanitation problems faced by female refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A gift of 3 million sanitary pads will help UNHCR meet its protection mandate towards tens of thousands of female refugees in Rwanda and the Middle East.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR and Google Earth unveil programme for humanitarian operations]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and Google unveil a powerful new online mapping programme that provides an up-close and multifaceted view of some of the world's major displacement crises and the humanitarian efforts aimed at helping the victims.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chicago Bulls support <strong>nine</strong>million campaign]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng pledges to donate US$50 to UNHCR's <strong>nine</strong>million.org campaign for every basket he scores this season.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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