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December
5, 2007
Dear
Educator,
Teacher's Corner brings
the latest refugee news from around the world to your classroom.
The UN Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) E-alert is created for educators
like you who are teaching about refugees, human rights, and tolerance.
In this update:
1.
Tell us what you think!
2.
DVD:
UNHCR Goodwill Envoy visits Afghanistan
3.
What
is UNHCR Star Appeal?
4. News to Use: Refugees
and HIV/AIDS webpage and other news stories
1.
Tell us what you think!
As
the year 2007 comes to a close, we thought it would be a great
time to generate some feedback from you, E-Alert readers. Please
take a moment to fill out this short survey, and let us know
what is important to you, because that is what is important to
us!
2.
DVD: See what we've been writing about
As
discussed in previous
editions of E-Alert, UNHCR Goodwill Envoy Khaled Hosseini visited
Afghanistan in September. Now you and your students have a
chance to witness his experiences in Afghanistan firsthand.
If
you are interested in receiving a free copy
of
the DVD "UNHCR Envoy Khaled Hosseini Visits Afghanistan",
documenting Hosseini's visit, please send an email to usawaedu@unhcr.org. Be sure to include
your mailing address!
To
learn more about Hosseini's trip to Afghanistan,
click here.
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One of four images available for UNHCR
Star Appeal E-Card
© 2007 UNHCR.
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3.
UNHCR Star Appeal
"The
Star Appeal benefits
refugee children who find themselves far from home this holiday
season. Many are living in refugee camps in terribly harsh conditions.
Some of these children have been separated from their families.
Some have lost them forever. The UN Refugee Agency is working
to ensure that these refugee children have the food, clean water,
shelter, protection, and education they need to secure a chance
for a better future. Your gift makes all this possible.
"Your
generous support will make a vital difference in the lives of
refugee children unable to go home this holiday season."
In
the past two years, individuals across the world have set aside
money at the end of the year to help a refugee child. Click here
read more about UNHCR's
Star Appeal.
4.
News to use:
World
AIDS Day:
As you may know, World AIDS Day was Saturday, December 1, 2007.
UNHCR has created a special web-page about Refugees
and HIV/AIDS, where you can read about a variety of topics;
from UNHCR's HIV and AIDS policies to the latest news stories
about refugees and HIV and AIDS. UNHCR
strives to ensure that refugees live in dignity, free from discrimination,
regardless of their HIV status, and to provide at least the core
HIV/AIDS interventions during emergencies.
Sudan:
Did you read the interview
in last month's E-Alert about "Lost Boy" John Dau? Here
is a recent story about two Lost Boys who ended up in Cuba over
twenty years ago, and are now returning to Sudan. Two
of Sudan's 'Lost Boys' return home from Cuba
Happy
Holidays!
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