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UNHCR team up with MSD and ICN to bring better health to Africa's refugees
UNHCR has teamed up with the pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) to deliver the latest nursing knowledge and training to health professionals working with refugees in Africa. More
Chicago Bulls support ninemillion campaign
The UN refugee agency and its campaign to bring education to millions of displaced children was centre stage – make that centre court – in February 2008 as Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng pledged to donate US$50 to ninemillion.org for every basket he scores this season. More
Austrian donation by Palmers AG and DHL-Danzas helps dress displaced Colombians
Thousands of internally displaced people who fled their homes with only the clothes on their backs have received a welcome donation of clothing to help them cope with life in displacement. More
Japan's UNIQLO clothing chain puts smiles on faces of refugees in Nepal
Japan's popular casual clothing chain, UNIQLO, has distributed 50,000 pieces of second-hand clothing to refugees at a camp in eastern Nepal. The recycled clothes had been donated by customers at more than 700 UNIQLO outlets around Japan. More
The Nike+ Human Race: The Human Race comes to Geneva
Almost 100 UNHCR staff members and supporters sacrificed their lunch on a Friday in August 2008 to pound the streets of Geneva and raise money for the education of refugee children in Chad. More
Fuji Optical and UNHCR improving vision for refugees in Armenia
Over a period of six days in late July 2003, a total of 912 persons, including 748 refugees and 164 locals, underwent eye examinations and received eyeglasses under the Vision Screening Project of Refugees in Armenia carried out with the support of UNHCR's corporate partner, Fuji Optical Co. Ltd... More
Microsoft worked with UNHCR to design and deploy a refugee registration system.
UN refugee agency staff around the world are learning to use a new registration software programme, ProGres, to improve the way they collect, share and use information on refugees and other persons of concern. A team comprising staff from UNHCR's headquarters in Geneva and a volunteer from software... More
Microsoft signed an agreement with the UNHCR to establish two computer education facilities in Kenya and Russia
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers and Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Jean-Philippe Courtois, met in Geneva Friday and signed a letter of understanding on Community Technology Learning Centres that Microsoft will fund to provide training and... More
Coca Cola sponsors World Refugee Day 2003 in the Republic of Moldova
The proceeds of the event were sent to the Charity Centre for Refugees (CCR), UNHCR's partner organisation, which will purchase sports equipment for refugees and asylum seekers. The show featured three Moldovan bands (Gindul Mitei, In Quadro, and Nelly Ciobanu) as well as two groups from Romania... More
Portugal's national football team shows support for UN refugee agency
The UN refugee agency received a public show of support from Portugal's national football team at the start of a World Cup qualifying match in Lisbon. More