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Shoes campaign promotes understanding and tolerance in Colombia
13 Jan 2011 Francesca represents the victims of the conflict in Granada municipality. The 11-year-old is supporting a major new UNHCR awareness campaign. -
UNHCR looks at the economic contribution of Afghan refugees in Pakistan
10 Jan 2011 Afghan refugees have worked in almost every sector of Pakistan's economy over the past 30 years. A UNHCR report examines their contribution in more detail. -
UNHCR joins aid effort for victims of devastating floods in Colombia
30 Dec 2010 With some two million people in Colombia affected by severe flooding, the UN refugee agency is working to assist the displaced. -
UNHCR chief returns to spotlight the displaced in Colombia and Ecuador
22 Dec 2010 UN High Commissioner for refugees António Guterres visits Colombia and Ecuador to assess the situation of millions of uprooted Colombians and to back efforts to help them. -
UNHCR distributes winter aid to the displaced in north-west Pakistan
10 Dec 2010 UNHCR starts distributing aid to help more than 380,000 displaced people in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province make it through the winter months. -
16 Days of Activism: Speaking out against sexual violence in Colombia
6 Dec 2010 Some of UNHCR's partners in the struggle against sexual violence in Colombia comment on an intolerable problem that affects many displaced women. -
Refugees open up to Goodwill Ambassador Laport in Ecuador
26 Nov 2010 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Osvaldo Laport meets Colombian refugees in urban and rural areas of Ecuador and is struck by how traumatized many of them remain. -
Home remains a distant dream for many flood-displaced Pakistanis
18 Nov 2010 Many victims of this year's floods in Pakistan will likely have to wait a few more months before they can return to their devastated villages. -
Flood-affected in Punjab gear up for Eid celebrations
16 Nov 2010 Muslims affected by devastating floods in Pakistan earlier this year will forget their losses for a day to celebrate the Muslim sacrificial feast of Eid al-Adha.