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Former refugee, now volunteer teacher, helps other Afghan girls get an education
8 Mar 2023 After spending her early years in Pakistan, Sahar graduated in Afghanistan and now devotes her time to ensuring girls can get an education despite growing restrictions. -
86th meeting of the Standing Committee
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UNHCR teams and partners rush assistance to some 100,000 newly arrived Somali refugees in hard-to-reach area of Ethiopia
7 Mar 2023 -
UNHCR, partners seek $876m for Rohingya refugees facing 'chilling fog of uncertainty' and for Bangladeshi hosts
7 Mar 2023 -
UNHCR WASH - Practical Guidance for Refugee Settings
7 Mar 2023 The UNHCR WASH Manual (7th Edition, February 2020) is the result of an open and collaborative process with WASH actors who have active programmes supporting refugees. It has been written primarily for use by UNHCR staff, WASH actors, national governmental authorities, emergency response coordinating bodies, contingency planners, and programme evaluators, and is a useful reference for any individuals or organisations involved in providing WASH services in refugee settings. -
WASH, Protection and Accountability
7 Mar 2023 This document describes UNHCR's five principles linking WASH, protection, and accountability. It highlights the protection and accountability challenges that relate to WASH issues in refugee contexts. The document also provides case studies to high these principles in action and a checklist that can be used for safety and security. -
Cash Based Interventions for WASH Programmes in Refugee Settings
7 Mar 2023 This report is based on a desk-based review of secondary data, comprising published material as well as grey literature, supplemented with key informant interviews for programmes that lacked documentation. Section One summarises the current use of CBI in WASH programming. Section Two summarises the best practices and lessons learned, including challenges faced, drawing on evidence from the project examples found. Section Three provides recommendations and best practice guidance for use of CBI in refugee settings. Section Four details existing tools and guidance. -
Hygiene Promotion Guidelines
7 Mar 2023 These guidelines provide additional support and information on designing and implementing hygiene promotion programmes or elements of hygiene promotion in the programmes of other sectors. They should be used in conjunction with the UNHCR WASH Manual and the summary guidance in the Hygiene Promotion Chapter of this manual. -
WASH Monitoring System Briefing Note
7 Mar 2023 This condensed briefing note describes the components of the UNHCR WASH Monitoring System, in particular why monitor, when to monitor, and what to monitor.
