Human Stories
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Community volunteer helps build better futures for the Sama Bajau through birth registration
3 Feb 2023In one of the registration days in the municipality of Patikul in Sulu, we see Norina Sampang providing support to Sama Bajau parents who have queued to register the birth of their children. At the age of 28, Norina has been volunteering at the barangay hall to help Sama Bajaus […]
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Lifting a barrier to education through birth registration
4 Jan 2023When Arsida Basari enrolled her daughter—also named Arsida—in elementary school, the teacher asked for the child’s birth certificate, the most basic form of civil documentation in the Philippines. However, like many members of the Sama Bajau indigenous group that she belongs to, Arsida had not been able to secure a […]
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Abandoned hospital gets new life as a home for Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria
23 Dec 2022When Nata Ellis, a tech entrepreneur originally from Odesa, first heard about the deserted hospital in her adopted city of Plovdiv in Bulgaria, she could already see its potential as a shelter for refugees forced to flee the war in Ukraine. There was no water or electricity, and the interior […]
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Ukrainian refugees relieve stress with a support dog named Noir
20 Dec 2022Worried by the war back home, young Ukrainian refugees in Hungary are finding new ways to maintain their mental health.
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Providing life-saving assistance to those most vulnerable to the climate crisis
3 Nov 2022Rosemarie can’t help but get emotional as she recalled the day Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) devastated their coastal community in Barangay Mabua, Surigao City on December 2021. “Taos puso akong nagdadasal na sana Lord, walang masamang mangyari sa mga anak ko. Kasi nagkahiwa-hiwalay kami,” she said. At the onslaught of […]
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Responding to urgent needs in Ukraine as winter approaches
3 Nov 2022With millions displaced – and the war ongoing – the needs across Ukraine during this season are enormous. People like Valentyna need urgent support to survive the harsh winter.
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Building a Safe Haven for the Most Vulnerable
20 Oct 2022There was a palpable excitement in the air as the residents of Barangay Milaya gathered around their newly refurbished multi-purpose learning center on the morning of 20th August 2022. As Maja Baeña, their community representative, cut the ribbon to symbolize the facility’s opening, they thought about the many activities they […]
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The passion, vision and action of Fridtjof Nansen, humanitarian extraordinaire
26 Sep 2022Ahead of this year’s UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, we look back at the life and achievements of the Norwegian pioneer who gave his name to the prize.
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Atom Araullo underscores need to work with internally displaced communities in building long-term solutions
10 Sep 2022A far-flung mountain barangay affected by protracted conflict, a calamity-prone lakeside village, and an island barangay recovering from Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) were among the communities visited by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Atom Araullo during a field mission to Caraga Region, Eastern Mindanao in August. “This mission really crystallized and demonstrated […]
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Rohingya boy learns language of photography
25 Aug 2022Five years after a Pulitzer-Prize winning photo made him the face of the Rohingya refugee crisis, a young refugee has taken up a camera himself.