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Rwandan refugee's soap opera promoting tolerance wins film festival award
10 May 2006 A UNHCR-produced soap opera promoting tolerance and directed by a Rwandan refugee living in Côte d'Ivoire has won the Audience Award at a film festival in the capital, Abidjan. -
Health Fair in Costa Rica gives refugees much needed medical care
6 Mar 2006 Health care is one of the most pressing concerns facing refugees arriving in a new country. In Costa Rica, UNHCR is working with the government and with its implementing partners to help refugees get the health care they need. Together, they have come up with an innovative idea for those who can least afford health care. -
After violence in Côte d'Ivoire, UNHCR hopes to resume operations
24 Jan 2006 The UN refugee agency hopes to be able to resume work in and around the western Ivorian town of Guiglo after being forced to evacuate staff from the region last week. -
Ivorian refugees find novel ways to survive and thrive in Liberia
18 Aug 2005 Almost three years after fighting started in Côte d'Ivoire, thousands of Ivorian refugees who fled to eastern Liberia have either integrated locally or are finding novel ways to survive in the camps, while helping each other and keeping their morale high. -
More Liberians returning from western Côte d'Ivoire, reports UNHCR
19 Jul 2005 The pace of returns from Côte d'Ivoire to Liberia has risen sharply, with 5,100 returnees in the last four weeks compared to just 700 in the first five months of the year. Factors boosting repatriation include improved security and reception conditions in Liberia. -
Helping refugees flourish in Guinea
24 May 2005 Ivorian refugee Sory Cissé rose to the occasion when UNHCR and its partners gave him two sacks of flour to start a baking business at Nonah transit centre. He built his own oven and is now known as the camp baker. His is a success story UNHCR hopes to replicate among other refugees in Guinea. -
New ruling allows bank credit for refugees in Costa Rica
10 May 2005 The UN refugee agency has welcomed a new ruling by Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber that refugees in the country are eligible for bank loans that could help them integrate better in their host community. -
Ivorian peace could pave way home for 15,000 refugees
7 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency has welcomed the decision by Ivorian parties to end the war in Côte d'Ivoire, a move that could help stabilise the region and pave the way home for some 15,000 Ivorian refugees. -
Empowering Ivorian refugees for eventual return
24 Mar 2005 Life is not easy for thousands of Ivorian refugees in war-torn Harper in Liberia. Infrastructure has been destroyed, and schools and health facilities are in short supply. UNHCR and its partners are helping them and their local hosts become more self-reliant through community empowerment projects.