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Empowering communities one village at a time
30 Jun 2005 UNHCR's community empowerment projects in Sierra Leone's Kono district are providing returning refugees and their surrounding communities with basic services, skills training and the know-how to prevent and respond to sexual and gender based violence. -
UNHCR launches verification exercise in Sierra Leone
2 Jun 2005 The UN refugee agency has started a verification exercise in Sierra Leone's camps to update refugee numbers in the country amid the ongoing repatriation to Liberia, and to assess the needs of those who remain. -
Jolie highlights need for continued assistance in Sierra Leone
11 May 2005 The UN refugee agency's Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie, is in Sierra Leone for a second time, visiting a centre for survivors of sexual and gender based violence and a maternity hospital in a refugee-hosting settlement. She plans to discuss the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with the President. -
The short road home to Lofa county
26 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency this week started repatriating Liberian refugees in Sierra Leone through a new route that will more than halve the travelling time to Lofa, Liberia's largest area of return. -
Refugees in Liberia receive ID cards
26 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency has started issuing identity cards to refugees around Monrovia in a joint effort with the Liberian government to enhance the protection of refugees in the country. -
Crafting a future in Sierra Leone
11 Apr 2005 Sixty-one Liberian refugees and members of the host community in Kissy Town have graduated from a six-month programme to train them in crafts like carpentry, catering, gara tie-dyeing, soap-making and agriculture - skills that will improve their livelihood options wherever they go. -
Biggest convoy to date heads back to Lofa county, Liberia
21 Mar 2005 More than 300 Liberian refugees have returned in the first and biggest UNHCR convoy from Sierra Leone to Lofa county, Liberia's largest area of return. The journey will take five days until a more direct route is opened. -
Lubbers hails return movements in West Africa
3 Feb 2005 Mid-way through his mission to the region, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers has celebrated the return of peace in Sierra Leone and the improved security in Liberia, two developments which have allowed thousands of refugees to go home. -
Liberian refugees go home for the holidays and harvest
7 Dec 2004 Some 250 Liberian refugees have left Sierra Leone on the largest return convoy to date, arriving home in time for the year-end festivities. Among them are farmers who can look forward to agricultural reintegration assistance in the coming year.