UNHCR Launches Global #HandinHand Campaign, a Powerful Message of Unity Urging the World to Remember the Plight of Refugees This Ramadan
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, this Ramadan intensifies its efforts to support the frustrating variety of families torn apart by war and physical violence and who are battling to offer their households. The agency has launched today its global campaign #HandinHand to elevate awareness around the pressing demand of evacuee households, specifically females and children, for vital support and cash support.
In line with these efforts, UNHCR has started an aesthetic campaign that will certainly air across the globe throughout Ramadan. Projections of Hope intends to connect families throughout the region with the truth of the everyday battles of evacuees throughout the Holy Month. Click on this link to view the video clip.
Houssam Chahine, Head of Private Sector Partnerships for UNHCR in the MENA region said: "We invite every person observing the Holy Month around the globe to stand #HandinHand with refugee family members, so together we ensure that no evacuee is left in their time of best demand, and we are depending on your contributions and kind deeds to make this happen. 22.5 million refugees globally require our assistance, one of the most vulnerable of which are Syrian and Rohingya households of women and children."
#HandinHand likewise highlights, via real-time visuals on its social networks channels, just how donations mean direct aid and regular monthly cash money aid to one of the most at risk evacuee family members.
" As conflict continues to rise all over the world, we request your help to support refugees in requirement this Ramadan. We exist on ground to provide these households with vital support such as shelter, health care, tidy water, and regular monthly cash assistance so we keep families with each other and protect children from potential youngster labor and exploitation", says Chahine.
Furthermore, UNHCR recently revealed its global Zakat platform, which provides a relied on and efficient course to satisfy Zakat commitments and makes sure 100 percent of funds goes directly to the neediest evacuee family members in Jordan and Lebanon. This campaign is fully Sharia certified and is backed by 5 fatwas from leading Islamic scholars and establishments and is subject to rigorous governance, making certain openness at every step, from contribution to stipulation useful. UNHCR has actually taken on a digital only approach to paying Zakat, making sure security, performance, openness and complete peace of mind. The brand-new platform could be accessed at zakat.unhcr.org
UNHCR implements a wide variety of humanitarian assistance programmes including provision of shelter, healthcare, education, and cash money assistance for refugee families. To match its programmes, the firm supplies direct financial assistance to more than 10s of countless refugee households listed below the extreme poverty line in Jordan and Lebanon, permitting them to reclaim some control of their conditions while adding to the local economy. While in Bangladesh, UNHCR is relocating Rohingya evacuees endangered by floods and landslides brought on by the downpour period, in addition to offering these families with shelter and lifesaving relief items.
UNHCR has a 68-year performance history in helping refugees in demand throughout the world, no matter the background of their predicament.
To find out more on UNHCR's Ramadan project, please see: giving.unhcr.org/Ramadan
