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NineMillion.org
Campaign
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The Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was
established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations
General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and
co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and
resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is
to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees.
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It
strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek
asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to
return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third
country.
In
more than five decades, the agency has helped an estimated 50
million people restart their lives. Today, a staff of around 6,300
people in more than 110 countries continues to help 32.9 million
persons.
ninemillion.org
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ninemillion.org
is a
UNHCR
led
campaign,
which
aims
to
give
more
than
nine
million
of
the
most
vulnerable
refugee
children
access
to
education,
sport
and
technology
by
2010.
The
campaign
uses
the
term,
'Education
(plus),'
to
more
fully
describe
the
programs
that
UNHCR
funds, designs, and implements to help refugee children.
Education (plus) considers all of the barriers that children
face when trying to gain an education. |
This
means
that
programs
implemented
through ninemillion.org
provide
more
than
just
schoolrooms
and
books.
They
also
provide
separated
latrines
so
that
girls
can
attend
classes,
they
consider
the
needs
of
the
family
so
that
girls
are
not
required
to
fetch
firewood
or
mind
younger
siblings
when
they
should
be
in
school
and
they
focus
on
the
sustainability
of
programs,
ensuring
that
the
longer
term
requirements
of
the
programs
are
included
in
budgets.
The
inclusion
of
sport
in
these
programs
is
groundbreaking.
UNHCR
is
the
lead
humanitarian
agency
providing
this
vital
element
of
any
child's
education
to
the
worlds'
most
vulnerable
young
people.
IOMC
is
proud
to
be
promoting
UNHCR
invaluable
mission
and
its
ninemillion.org
campaign.
www.ninemillion.org
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