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Accounting for Afghans in Pakistan
29 Jul 2008 The first batch of internationally-certified Afghan accountancy students have graduated in Pakistan as part of a programme that could help to improve financial planning, management and corporate governance in Afghanistan. -
On the starting line: Colombia launches Run for Life campaign
28 Jul 2008 A new interactive web game on displacement in Colombia, seeks to give participants a sense of what it means to be forced from home and to get the public, and private sector, more involved in addressing the issue. -
Report highlights humanitarian concerns in Colombia's Putumayo region
14 Jul 2008 A report by international and local NGOs points to continuing humanitarian problems in southern Colombia's border region of Putumayo. -
UNHCR, Ecuador and partners discuss plan for action for refugees
10 Jul 2008 UNHCR and Ecuador launch a consultation process aimed at drawing up a plan of action for tens of thousands of refugees in Ecuador over the next two years. -
Ecuador opens first refugee office along border with Colombia
24 Jun 2008 Ecuador opens a refugee office in the border province of Sucumbíos, the first state-run facility of its kind to be established outside Quito. -
Vaccines for refugees under UNHCR-UNICEF agreement
23 Jun 2008 UNHCR and UNICEF sign an agreement that will result in savings in the purchase of vaccines for Afghans and locals living in and around Pakistan's refugee villages. -
Not just business as usual for refugees in Pakistan
9 Jun 2008 A UNHCR-funded project in Islamabad is training needy urban refugees in marketable skills and helping them with proposals to set up their own business. -
Instability delaying return, say Afghan weavers in Balochistan
4 Jun 2008 Hazrat Shah's family has been weaving carpets in Pakistan's Saranan refugee village for nearly 30 years. The family dreams of repatriating, but only if security permits. -
UNHCR opens information centre for Colombians on Ecuador border
26 May 2008 UNHCR opens an information centre on a key border crossing point to inform Colombian refugees and migrants about their rights in Ecuador.