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Búsqueda del agua: responsabilidad de niño. La vida de la población congoleña...

Búsqueda del agua: responsabilidad de niño. La vida de la población congoleña refugiada en UgandaComo el conflicto en el este de la República Democrática del Congo se ha agravado en los últimos meses,...

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"Mama Hawa", a symbol of hope for Somali displaced people

"Mama Hawa", a symbol of hope for Somali displaced peopleFrom Geneva’s prestigious “Bâtiment des Forces motrices”, where the 2012 Nansen Refugee Award ceremony was organized yesterday evening, it was...

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South Sudan: Refugees, returnees, and the family goats

South Sudan: Refugees, returnees, and the family goats“Peter stop nibbling the tablecloth, shoo” – a friendly rebuke came from the Kenyan lodge owner. Peter, the errant goat looked up briefly then...

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The Philippines: Don't they know it's Christmas?

The Philippines: Don't they know it's Christmas?In the Philippines, a strongly Catholic country, the first signs of Christmas appear months before the actual event: shops playing Christmas carols on...

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Syria: the world must unite

Syria: the world must uniteThere are promises and promises, but we get nothing, Fatima, a refugee from Syria, told one of my colleagues in Lebanon last week. Her counterparts in Jordan where I was...

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Somalia 2013 Conference: "You can’t wash your face using only one finger"

Somalia 2013 Conference: "You can’t wash your face using only one finger" Last week the UN revealed for the first time that more than a quarter of a million people died in Somalia over 18 months from...

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Syria's women sitting in limbo

Syria's women sitting in limboI recently met Reema*, a 19-year-old Syrian girl, in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Back in Syria, Reema had her whole life before her. She'd just finished high school, and...

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An incredible story of survival against all the odds in South Sudan

An incredible story of survival against all the odds in South SudanA major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in South Sudan where more than a million people have been forced from their homes by...

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South Sudan's young refugees in Uganda: a hope for peace

South Sudan's young refugees in Uganda: a hope for peaceA lanky boy wearing torn shorts and ill-fitting black sandals adorned with pink plastic hearts emerged from a grass-thatched hut and walked...

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South Sudan, one of the most challenging places to be a humanitarian

South Sudan, one of the most challenging places to be a humanitarianOn World Humanitarian Day Pieter Struijf, Oxfam’s Program Manager for Jonglei, writes about the challenges of delivering aid in rural...

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One year later: Is the South Sudan crisis unique in humanitarian history?

One year later: Is the South Sudan crisis unique in humanitarian history?The world’s attention has a horrible tendency of wandering off Sudan and South Sudan’s problems before any are really solved for...

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"Mama Hawa", a symbol of hope for Somali displaced people

"Mama Hawa", a symbol of hope for Somali displaced peopleFrom Geneva’s prestigious “Bâtiment des Forces motrices”, where the 2012 Nansen Refugee Award ceremony was organized yesterday evening, it was...

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South Sudan: Refugees, returnees, and the family goats

South Sudan: Refugees, returnees, and the family goats“Peter stop nibbling the tablecloth, shoo” – a friendly rebuke came from the Kenyan lodge owner. Peter, the errant goat looked up briefly then...

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The Philippines: Don't they know it's Christmas?

The Philippines: Don't they know it's Christmas?In the Philippines, a strongly Catholic country, the first signs of Christmas appear months before the actual event: shops playing Christmas carols on...

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Syria: the world must unite

Syria: the world must uniteThere are promises and promises, but we get nothing, Fatima, a refugee from Syria, told one of my colleagues in Lebanon last week. Her counterparts in Jordan where I was...

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Somalia 2013 Conference: "You can’t wash your face using only one finger"

Somalia 2013 Conference: "You can’t wash your face using only one finger" Last week the UN revealed for the first time that more than a quarter of a million people died in Somalia over 18 months from...

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Syria's women sitting in limbo

Syria's women sitting in limboI recently met Reema*, a 19-year-old Syrian girl, in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Back in Syria, Reema had her whole life before her. She'd just finished high school, and...

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An incredible story of survival against all the odds in South Sudan

An incredible story of survival against all the odds in South SudanA major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in South Sudan where more than a million people have been forced from their homes by...

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South Sudan's young refugees in Uganda: a hope for peace

South Sudan's young refugees in Uganda: a hope for peaceA lanky boy wearing torn shorts and ill-fitting black sandals adorned with pink plastic hearts emerged from a grass-thatched hut and walked...

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South Sudan, one of the most challenging places to be a humanitarian

South Sudan, one of the most challenging places to be a humanitarianOn World Humanitarian Day Pieter Struijf, Oxfam’s Program Manager for Jonglei, writes about the challenges of delivering aid in rural...

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