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UNHCR
Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie is the patron of the 2007
World Refugee Day Photo Contest. Students are invited
to submit their photos around the theme, “A new home, a new
life.”
Every
year, millions of refugees are forced to flee their home countries
due to persecution, war and human rights violations. Of the
many refugees who cannot return home, some are fortunate to
find safety and a new life in the United States.
Photos
should illustrate the United States’ long tradition of welcoming
refugees and the contribution refugees have made to their new
communities.
Deadline
for entries is April 30, 2007. Winners will be flown to Washington,
DC, for the World Refugee Day ceremony on June 20. To
learn more, read the contest rules and guidelines.
2. Burundian refugees return
home - Free DVD
Venice
is returning to a country she hardly knows. She fled a terrible
civil war in Burundi when she was just a child, losing her home
and her parents. After years of separation, Venice has found
her parents and is ready to restart her life. Order a copy of Returning Home, a free
DVD about Venice's return from a refugee camp in Tanzania to
her home country.
The
number of refugees from Burundi living in camps in Tanzania
has fallen, reflecting continuing improvement in the security
situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Refugees are
going home to Burundi. UNHCR has helped more than a quarter-of-a-million
people return to Burundi since March 2002. UNHCR hopes to assist
75,000 Burundians repatriate by the end of this year. Those
deciding to return are encouraged by the hopeful promise of
peace and stability in their homelands, though the availability
of basic social services remains a concern for many returnees. Learn more about
the situation of Burundian refugees.
3.
News to use in the classroom
Kenya: International
Women's Day: UNHCR and Nike encourage Somali refugee girls to
play sports
It has been a hard struggle, but UNHCR and its corporate partner
Nike have had some success over the past three years in encouraging
Somali girls to engage in sports at three refugee camps here
in north-east Kenya.
Learn more
about the Somalia refugee situation in Kenya.
United
States : New
feature on Microsoft messaging service to benefit millions of
refugee children
Millions
of young refugees are set to benefit from a new feature launched
on the Windows Live Messenger service last week in the United
States by UNHCR corporate partner, Microsoft.
Learn
more about helping refugee children.
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