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Australians empowering refugees

Australia for UNHCR is the UN Refugee Agency’s national partner in Australia, raising funds and awareness to support displaced people across the globe.

Australia for UNHCR unites caring Australians – individuals, community groups and businesses – to support people fleeing conflict, disaster and persecution. We advocate and fundraise for refugee protection, emergency aid and long-term support and solutions, helping UNHCR reach millions of displaced people each year.

About Australia for UNHCR
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Your donations to Australia for UNHCR in action

Syrian refugees receive thermal blankets in Za'atari refugee camp.
©UNHCR/Shawkat Al Harfoush
million blankets keeping refugees warm
A Woman In A Rural Area Lightens Her Home With A Lamp She Received From UNHCR
© UNHCR/Franklyn Ruiz
solar lamps giving light to those forced to flee
UNHCR Assists Flood Impacted Villagers In Northeastern Region
© UNHCR/Wahid Ahmad Enayat
tents sheltering families forced to flee

Join our Emergency Response Team with your regular donation

Anyone can become a refugee. It takes just one war, one disaster, one crisis.

When a family’s world is turned upside down, they need immediate aid. By donating every four weeks, you ensure that emergency teams are ready to respond at a moment’s notice.

Refugees count on UNHCR to stay and deliver. You can support this vital work – sign up now to become a regular donor and begin changing lives.

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UNHCR staff and a refugee girl walking together. The background, a street seemed to be torn by war and disaster, is black and white
Greece. UNHCR Ramps Up Support After Fire Destroys Moria Reception Centre

Key Emergency Response

UNHCR works in more than 130 countries around the world. We are often first in and last out in a refugee crisis, providing vulnerable families with shelter, water and other survival essentials. Your gift to Australia for UNHCR can provide life-saving aid for people in their time of greatest need.

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“Education is very important. It can help you to change not only your family but also our world.” 

Ayor, the dux of her year, aspires to become a lawyer.  

For children in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, education is a lifeline. It provides stability, healing, friendship, and empowers children to pursue their goals. However, the camp's schools are severely under-resourced, with overcrowded classes, shortages of teachers, textbooks, and basic facilities.

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Kenya. Ayor Athian Akech is a student at Kakuma Secondary School. Here, she is photographed studying at home.
© Australia for UNHCR/Steve Kiza
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