Giving hope after the storm
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| It’s been one month since Cyclone Idai struck the eastern coast of Southern Africa, bringing devastation to Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi. Thanks to the generous support of Australians like you, UNHCR rushed to provide families with life-saving assistance including shelter, blankets and solar lamps. |
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| | | Into the light | | When Josephine was released by her captors she was in pain but too frightened to seek help. Learning of her ordeal, UNHCR immediately referred her for treatment. But Josephine is one of the lucky few. Many sexual violence survivors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) struggle to access support. | | Read Josephine's story → |
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| | | Lost childhoods | | Every day, children are fleeing conflict on their own in record numbers. When violence broke out in Rabiaa’s village in Myanmar, her parents were killed and she was separated from her siblings. She fled to safety in Bangladesh but now Rabiaa faces an unimaginable responsibility. | | Read her story → |
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| | | A safe start to life | | Thanks to you, over $1.2 million has been raised since May 2018 to improve healthcare for refugee mothers and their newborns. In March, a team from Australia for UNHCR and partner Teachers Health travelled to a remote corner of the DRC to see firsthand the life-changing impact of your support. | | Learn more → |
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| | | Mother’s Day gifts with meaning | | Show your mum how much you care this Mother’s Day by making a lasting impact in her honour. Provide clean water, a new mother’s bundle or a safe place for women and their children in her name. Empower refugees and change lives today. | | Buy your gift now → |
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| Did you know? | Incidents of sexual assault doubled in just one year in the DRC – one of the most dangerous places in the world to be female.
Together we can stop violence against women. |
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