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<description><![CDATA[Sixteen-year-old Takwa achieved the fourth highest exam results in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. And she was not the only refugee to do well.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR hails EU decision to donate Nobel funding for children]]></title> 
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<title><![CDATA[Education programme in Malawi gives hope to refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[After fleeing southern Congo, Jean Lusambo felt his life had ended in a refugee camp – until a special education programme restored his self-belief.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IKEA Foundation-funded livelihoods and education project helps Somali refugees become self-sufficient ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Bonkay is illiterate. Now the Somali and other refugees aged 15-24 in Kobe camp, are studying for the first time thanks to the Youth Education Pack.   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New initiative to enroll 172,000 refugee children in school]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and Qatar's Sheikha Moza launch US$12 million education programme aimed at a dozen countries this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR and Sheikha Moza bint Nasser in programme to educate 172,000 refugee children]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Wednesday announced a joint programme with Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar to provide quality education for 172,000 refugees and other...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN education investment scores high marks for Somali refugee students]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Somali refugees pass national exams with flying colours thanks to UN investment in classrooms, labs, teacher training]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mali refugee students set up “government” in UNHCR-backed school in Niger]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR works with Niger's Ministry of Education, UNICEF and Oxfam to provide education for as many Malian refugee children as possible.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Syria Region: focus on enrolling refugee children in schools, Iraq border crossing opens at Al Qaem]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In Lebanon UNHCR and specialized partners are continuing a 'Back to School' programme among refugees aimed at encouraging enrolment of 15,000 children in public schools. In less than two weeks, 1,608 refugee...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[German scholarship helps refugees become class acts]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The German government has offered young refugees in India additional DAFI scholarships for higher education, giving them an opportunity to earn degrees and improve their lives.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DAFI at 20: Two grateful students tell how education helped]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 6,000 refugees have benefitted from higher education thanks to DAFI scholarships, including Khadra from Somalia and Liberian Shadrach.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DAFI scholarships open a window for Armenian girls in Moldova]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Asmic Sargsyan and Nora Manvelean are among the first to get scholarships for tertiary education under UNHCR's DAFI scholarship programme.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 4 Apr 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Their lives in upheaval, refugee children in Ethiopia find solace in school]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A school at the Tongo refugee camp has proved so popular that students must study in shifts.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rwandan gets on his bike in Johannesburg to raise funds for education]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A former refugee takes part in a tough bicycle race to raise funds for a South African university scholarship programme and help others forced to flee.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DAFI Scholars: Afghan girl studies to become a lawyer in a break with tradition]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[It would have been difficult to pursue a higher education without the help Ameneh has been receiving from the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative, or DAFI. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR assists displaced children in Iraq's Kurdistan region ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In more stable countries, 13-year-old Firas and many of his classmates would probably be attending a school for children with special needs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[From captive to budding entrepreneur with a boost from UNHCR]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An indomitable Congolese teenager survives Lord's Resistance Army atrocities and, after counselling, dreams of a future as a business owner. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mindanao's indigenous people ask UNHCR's help to gain their rights]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Displaced by fighting, one indigenous community in the Philippines didn't want food or shelter -- only training to stand up for their rights. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Back to school in the world's largest refugee camp]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The academic year gets under way in the world's largest refugee camp complex, with some 43,000 Somali children turning up for classes at Dadaab, Kenya.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Telecoms operator Lebara supports education for displaced children]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[European telecoms operator Lebara launches fund-raising drive to help more than 100,000 displaced children in six countries get a proper education.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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