Words for WelcomeMay 11, 20205 min readWhy we need to give refugees a voice: Part 2 of NCXWFWHello readers! Here is part two of our collaboration with Narrative Collections! This is an amazing read; words, full of thought and...
Words for WelcomeMay 4, 20203 min readThe Unity Amidst Isolation: Part 1 of NCXWFWHello readers! We are doing a special collaboration with the student journalism project - Narrative Collections. They have their own...
Words for WelcomeApr 30, 20203 min readThe Rohingya Refugees and CoronavirusFor most of refugees worldwide, the current Coronavirus crisis has exacerbated the hardships for these people. The often squalid,...
Words for WelcomeApr 29, 20202 min readThe Rohingya Refugee CrisisIn 2015, news of the marginalised Rohingya swept through international media outlets, pictures of the catastrophe were plastered on the...
Words for WelcomeApr 22, 20203 min readA Sustainable Sanctuary: Cameroon’s “Green Refugee Camp”UNHCR / Xavier Bourgois It is April 22nd. It is a day, like all others, where we must thank Mother Nature - the Earth - for all the gifts...
Words for WelcomeApr 20, 20201 min readMaking masks In In Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, community workers are making face masks at Arts centres to support staff and care workers in Donetsk ans...
Words for WelcomeApr 20, 20200 min readYou clap for me now In times like these, we show praise and applause to those risking their lives for our own. But we cannot let this momentum fade away.
Words for WelcomeApr 15, 20206 min readThank you to all of our refugee and migrant heroes on the frontline The fight against the COVID-19 virus has become a war uniting the global population. To limit the spread of disease, all of us do our...
Words for WelcomeApr 9, 20204 min readCate Blanchett's 'Stateless': Through the looking wireDuring this quarantine period, I have found myself aimlessly browsing through Netflix, Hulu, ABC, looking for the next show to pour my...
Words for WelcomeApr 7, 20203 min readMaya Ghazal - A Voice for the Heroes, Not Victims of the Refugee Crisis2015 - Syria is ripped apart by civil war, relentless bombings, and dire living conditions. A 15-year-old girl flees Damascus and makes...
Words for WelcomeApr 4, 20203 min readThe Refugee Crisis in the Sahel region. The Sahel region refers to an area south of the Sahara Desert which extends across sections of 10 countries, from the far west of Senegal...
Words for WelcomeApr 1, 20202 min readRefugee Story: Yusra Mardini(Macheete) Yusra Mardini is a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and an Olympic swimmer. In 2015, she fled Syria with her sister due to the war,...
Words for WelcomeApr 1, 20203 min readThe situation at the Greek-Turkish Border: A political game feeding the humanitarian crisis On 28th of February, Turkish Prime Minister - Recep Tayyip Erdogan - ‘opened the gates’ to the Greek-Turkish border, enabling refugees in...