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Dutch lottery funds for projects in Sudan, Bangladesh and Ethiopia
1 Feb 2007 Holland's National Postcode Lottery has awarded 4.4 million euros to the "Safe in Southern Sudan" project run by UNHCR and three of its partners. The charity lottery also donated 1.3 million euros in unearmarked funds to the UN refugee agency, which will use the money in Bangladesh and Ethiopia. -
Refugees from Myanmar get a crash course on Dutch culture, society
31 Jul 2006 When a group of 35 refugees from Myanmar flew to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport earlier this year, they were schooled in how to deal with the culture shock of living in a new and strange country. They had taken part in a special cultural orientation course in two Thai refugee settlements. -
Dutch lottery helps refugees in Nepal combat global warming
3 Feb 2006 Global warming is a worldwide concern, whether for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal or Dutch consumers in their homes. A unique project, launched in the Netherlands on Friday, is bringing these two groups and many others together to help meet the challenge. -
Resettled Colombians go Dutch
13 Jun 2005 A first group of Colombian refugees resettled from Ecuador is currently undergoing orientation in the Netherlands, where they hope to start a peaceful new life and to contribute to their host country. -
Dutch minister launches online refugee education kit
14 Mar 2005 Dutch education minister Maria van der Hoeven has launched "Refugee for a day", a kit by UNHCR and Stichting Vluchteling that aims to teach primary school children about the lives and experiences of refugee children, through stories of kids who escaped war and violence in Liberia and fled to Sierra Leone. -
Dutch lottery donates 1 million euros to UNHCR
28 Jan 2005 The National Postcode Lottery, the main charity lottery in the Netherlands, is supporting the UN refugee agency's work for the third year in a row. One of NPL's beneficiaries, Stichting Vluchteling, has also contributed generously to UNHCR's tsunami relief efforts. -
Dutch lottery awards 2.2 million euros to UNHCR project in Sierra Leone
30 Jan 2004 In a show of support to the UN refugee agency's work, the main charity lottery in The Netherlands has awarded 2.2 million euros to a joint project in Sierra Leone of UNHCR and its Dutch NGO partner. -
Dutch public experience refugee life in the heart of Amsterdam
24 Mar 2003 Two filmmakers have opened a window to the life of Chechen refugees in Ingushetia by screening their documentary film, "Sheltered Life", in a UNHCR refugee tent in Amsterdam's Leidseplein Square. -
UNHCR receives 1 million euros in donation from Dutch lottery
3 Feb 2003 The Netherlands' top private fundraiser for charity, Dutch Postcode Lottery, has donated 1 million euros to the UN refugee agency in recognition of its work for refugees worldwide.