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UNHCR emergency airlift to aid Ecuador quake relief
18 Apr 2016 Airlift to take tents, sleeping mats and other items for distribution among some 40,000 displaced people in worst-hit communities. -
Giving refugees from Colombia a stable life in Ecuador
8 Apr 2015 The programme moves beyond basic aid to guide refugees through vocation training, financial education and legal assistance to secure a self-sufficient future -
16 Days of Activism: Colombia's Butterflies take wing to spread message
9 Dec 2014 With the help of UNHCR and groups like the Nansen Award-winning Butterflies, women in Ecuador are learning how to combat sexual and gender-based Violence. -
The dilemma that faces some female Colombian refugees
14 May 2014 Alba, a mother of two, was desperate to find work after fleeing to Ecuador. To survive, she became a commercial sex worker, but longs to get out. -
EU Nobel Prize funds bring education to highland tribe in hostile Colombian territory
3 Dec 2013 The EU funding is helping a UNHCR project to provide educational support for 5,600 Colombian children, including 4,900 refugees in Ecuador and 700 children of indigenous groups in Colombia. -
In Ecuador, a new learning centre combines garbage and gigabytes
11 Feb 2013 UNHCR and the municipal authorities in Esmeraldas open a computer centre and digital library in a building made of recycled plastic bottles. -
UNHCR hails EU decision to donate Nobel funding for children
19 Dec 2012 UNHCR will use its share to provide educational support for 5,600 Colombian children, including refugees in Ecuador and children of indigenous groups. -
Ecuador, Honduras and Portugal accede to Statelessness Conventions
2 Oct 2012 All three states became parties to one or other or both of the conventions at a special event in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. -
UNHCR chief visits Ecuador ahead of World Refugee Day
19 Jun 2012 António Guterres met urban refugees from Colombia and discussed the challenges they face during his visit to the port of Guayaquil and to Quito.