12 Dec 2014

Syrian Kurdish refugees struggle to find affordable housing

ccording to UNHCR official statistics, 214,372 Syrians, many of them Kurdish, have fled to Iraq as a result of the […]

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12 Dec 2014

ACN opens refugee school in Iraq

On Thursday 11th December, a school for Christian children was inaugurated in Erbil-Ankawa. This is the first of a total […]

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12 Dec 2014

Tom Gilzean collects £50k this year for charity

Dressed in his trademark tartan trews and rattling a collection tin, Tom Gilzean is an unmistakeable sight in the Capital […]

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11 Dec 2014

UN resumes food aid for Syrian refugees

The UN World Food Programme will restart its food aid for 1.7 million refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and […]

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11 Dec 2014

Resettlement offers hope to ailing Syrian refugees in need of treatment

NEVA, December 10 (UNHCR) – Young Abdu was born deaf and needed a cochlear implant that could drastically improve his […]

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11 Dec 2014

How to Tell If a Charity Is Legitimate

It’s the end of the year, and whether it’s the spirit of the season or the looming year-end tax deadline, […]

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11 Dec 2014

Syrian refugees: ‘We want to go home. That is our dream’

Sometimes the photographs you don’t take are as important as those you take. I’ve just been introduced to Aya, who […]

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11 Dec 2014

Bulgaria’s far-right targets Syrian refugees

Bulgaria is holding snap elections for the second time in 17 months, setting the stage for further political uncertainty. Voters […]

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11 Dec 2014

Syrian refugees hope to bring message of peace with adaptation of Mozart opera

Nestled in the rural landscape of south-western Germany’s Swabia region, the 14th century Franciscan monastery of Oggelsbeuren and its tranquil […]

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11 Dec 2014

Refugee numbers rising: four questions about those from Syria and beyond

What’s behind the rise in refugees and internally displaced persons? Since 2011, the civil war in Syria has been the […]

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