2022 : What impact ?
The past year has been marked by many events. Here is an overview of some of the situations to which your contributions were allocated in 2022.
UNHCR
Refugee Portraits: Lida Naeim-Jäggi
For the 7th article in our series, we met Lida, who fled Afghanistan with her family at the age of seven.For the past 10 years, Lida has lived in Ireland, where she is finalising her PhD at Trinity College Dublin on the topic of the refugees.
Refugee Portraits
To my Mom, who inspired me to achieve my dreams
Dear Refugee showcases authentic life stories and real letters from young people to refugees who have shaped their lives.
UNHCR
Refugee Portraits: Svitlana Olieinikova
For the sixth article in our series, we met Svitlana, who had to flee Ukraine earlier this year when the war broke out. Today, she is still managing her consulting company and working with an association that helps Ukrainian businesses in Switzerland.
Refugee Portraits
Blockchain for refugees: Switzerland for UNHCR x Cardano Foundation
Switzerland for UNHCR to launch an innovative collaboration with Cardano Foundation in benefit of forcibly displaced people.
UNHCR
Om Saker and her children will face extreme temperatures in Iraq this winter
Om Saker’s story is a testimony of the challenges winter imposes on people forced to flee, but also an example of how everyone can make a difference and support families like her brave the cold.
Emergency
"GSHC wants to put the spotlight on refugees to show that they exist in Geneva"
On 15 November, the Geneva-Servette Hockey Club won 6 - 2 against HC Biel. The focus of this extraordinary match was on supporting refugees.
In Switzerland
Millions of displaced people are facing cold every winter
Wherever they are, people forced to flee face an extremely difficult winter season ahead, including displaced Syrians and Iraqis throughout the Middle East, conflict-affected and displaced Afghans; and those forced to flee the war in Ukraine.
Emergency
Hauser & Wirth to launch ‘’Art for Better’’, an online auction in support of UNHCR
Prestigious contemporary and modern art gallery Hauser & Wirth is launching an online auction to help raise funds for both UNHCR’s Ukraine emergency operations and for the organization’s humanitarian interventions in the world’s most forgotten situations.
In Switzerland