Refugees and internally displaced persons
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Association for Aid and Relief - Japan
The Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan) is a non-governmental organisation providing emergency assistance to refugees and survivors of humanitarian crises, assistance to people with disabilities and landmine actions including landmine clearance and support for landmine victims. AAR...
Sphere Project
Sphere Project was launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian NGOs and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. Its aim is to improve the quality of assistance provided to people affected by disasters, and to enhance the accountability of the humanitarian system, through the Sphere...
Refugee Experience: Psychosocial Training Module
The Refugee Experience Psychosocial Training Module is a learning package designed for humanitarian workers and refugee policy makers who do not necessarily have a professional background in the social sciences. The content reflects areas of concern that are helpful to be sensitive to in refugee...
European Summer School on EU Law and Policy on Immigration and Asylum, Brussels, 4-15 July 2011
The Summer School is an initiative of the Odysseus Network, an academic network established to carry out analysis of and research on the legislation of EU member states relating to immigration and asylum. The Summer School included seminars covering the relevant legislation of the 21 member...
Cards from Africa
Cards from Africa is a company that markets greetings cards made by a needy Rwandan community to shops around the world. Since its beginnings in September 2004, the company has been operating on a fair-trade basis, and now provides a steady income for 40 young Rwandans. Cards for Africa also...
Mundri Relief & Development Association (MRDA)
MRDA identifies relief and development projects jointly with communities, and then help design, administer, coordinate and supervise the implementation of these projects in Maridi and Mundri counties, Western Equatorial Region, South Sudan. MRDA also offers logistics support and gives information...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - A pictorial history
This website shows more than 50 turbulent years in pictures – UNHCR’s role in refugee crises and the struggle for survival of one of the world’s most vulnerable groups.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Resources
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) publishes materials for different audiences on all aspects of the refugee experience and maintains an extensive library of its publications and related information. Through the UNHCR website it is possible to access handbooks...
United Nations Assistance Misssion for Iraq (UNAMI)
The United Nations Assistance Misssion for Iraq (UNAMI) hosts a web portal for UN agencies and NGOs working in Iraq.
Caritas Développement Congo (Caritas DRC)
Caritas Développement Congo (Caritas DRC), affiliated with Caritas Internationalis - the confederation of Catholic relief, development and social service organisations, is active in projects addressing HIV/AIDS prevention; education; peace-building; access to health services; access to water and...
Union des Patriotes de la Diaspora Congolaise (UPDC)
Union des Patriotes de la Diaspora Congolaise (UPDC) is an NGO established by Congolese nationals living in the diaspora. The organisation is based in Germany and supports projects aimed at improving social conditions for vulnerable Congolese, in particular, rape victims, orphans and street...
Microcredit and other loan programs in protracted refugee situations
Aid agencies recognise the need to support refugees’ own efforts to pursue livelihoods, but there are few livelihoods resources available. Microcredit and other types of loan programs have not been widely attempted, because refugees and IDPs are considered too geographically unstable –...
UNICEF Corporate Partnerships - Examples
UNICEF Corporate Partnerships - Examples, a series of web pages, details UNICEF's corporate partnerships with a range of companies.