Karen Wazen launches Ramadan initiative in support of refugees
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Arada
Arada, TBHF will build a home for a family in Kenya for each home sold in the Masaar project during Ramadan
The Home for a Home initiative will also cover the cost of implementing a sustainable water supply system that will provide 100,000 litres of water a week to both refugees and the host community living in the surrounding area
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Dubai Ruler orders airlift of emergency aid for Ukraine civilians as UAE Foreign Minister calls for ceasefire in meeting with Russia’s Sergey Lavrov
Oil extended gains after the biggest daily surge in 16 months pushed prices back above $100 a barrel, as Russia cast doubts on the progress of its peace talks with Ukraine
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UNHCR’s third global Ramadan campaign supports 3,444 families by mid-month
Coronavirus has exacerbated suffering of region’s refugees increasing the need for Zakat and Sadaqah donations this season
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Refugees
How the UN’s refugee agency is aiming to tap into Islamic social finance
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees launches mobile Zakat Fund app
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Video: The refugee crisis in the winter of Covid
Covid has complicated efforts by the UNHCR and host countries to address the refugee crisis, says Houssam Chahine, Head of UNHCR’s Private Sector Partnerships in the MENA region.
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Video: How the Middle East remains at the heart of the global refugee crisis
The issue of refugees is one with which the region continues to grapple. UNHCR’s latest report indicates just how much needs to be done
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PODCAST: The refugee crisis in the winter of Covid
The issue of refugees is one with which the region continues to grapple. UNHCR’s latest report indicates just how much needs to be done and offers a new tool to ensure everyone around the world can play their part
2020 Islamic Philanthropy Report
Zakat funds: Gulf generosity helping thousands through UN’s Refugee Zakat Fund
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched its 2020 Islamic Philanthropy Report, highlighting the impact of their Refugee Zakat Fund, which received a total of $43,165 million in 2019, allowing UNHCR to support 191,497 refugees and internally displaced families in 2019.
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education fund to disperse $6.8m in Jordan, Lebanon
Eight grantees will receive assistance, with a focus on secondary-school and vocational training
2020 Tokyo Olympics
Video: ‘I nearly drowned, now I dream of Olympic glory’
A Syrian refugee has stunned swimming experts by learning how to swim in just 12 months and is now training for the 2020 Olympics.
Aid workers
In pictures: Bad weather hits displaced Syrians
Heavy rains and snow wrecked several informal settlements housing Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The bad weather had also hit Syrians displaced within their own country. Tents were flooded in a camp in the northern province of Idlib, Syria’s last rebel stronghold which borders Turkey.
Aid workers
Heavy rains and snow wreck Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon
Schools closed across the country, roads were cut off by flooding and pools of water formed in major underpasses in Beirut
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
6,500 students in school thanks to Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education
$27.22 million will be spent over the next three years to support the education of refugee students in the UAE, Lebanon and Jordan
