1. 010812

    every ending is a new beginning.

    just finished reading “Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador” by Angelina Jolie.

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    working at Freedom House, i felt a rather strong connection to Jolie’s emotions and feelings felt towards/regarding her time with refugees.  

    alas, i now feel compelled to do something. something big for Freedom House.

    so i sent a few emails this afternoon.  

    now, phone calls will be had this week.

    chats with my executive director will be had in the near future.

    what this “something big” is, i’m not sure; however, i hope whatever it is, it will happen…and be successful.

     

     tkriii  angelina jolie  refugees  unhcr 

  2. 062010

    TODAY: World Refugee Day 2010

    This year’s World Refugee Day on June 20th has as its theme, “Home,” in recognition of the plight of more than 40 million uprooted people around the world. Around 10 million of them are refugees of special concern to UNHCR.

    At UNHCR we help people find new homes and new futures through resettlement, through voluntary repatriation and through local integration. Most of the time, and where it’s possible, refugees prefer to return to their home countries. Nonetheless, and with conflict continuing or escalating in many countries, finding new homes and allowing people to restart their lives is increasingly difficult.

    This year, for World Refugee Day, we are planning events around the world to highlight the plight of refugees under our care and to advocate on their behalf for the help they need. We will be asking you to think about what it means to be one of those millions of individual human beings. And we will ask you to contribute in whatever way you can to helping them rebuild their lives.

    Help us help them to find a place to call home.

    […]

     

     united nations  refugee  immigration  world refugee day  home  unhcr