Videos by UNHCR Ethiopia in Addis Ababa. This is the official page of the UN Refugee Agency operating in Ethiopia
The generosity of the people of Ethiopia is an example of continued solidarity with refugees.
This #WorldRefugeeDay, UNHCR Ethiopia Representative Andrew Mbogori thanks all UNHCR partners in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 for our continued collaboration finding solutions for refugees through inclusion. #Makatet
The generosity of the people of Ethiopia is an example of continued solidarity with refugees. This #WorldRefugeeDay, UNHCR Ethiopia Representative Andrew Mbogori thanks all UNHCR partners in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 for our continued collaboration finding solutions for refugees through inclusion. #Makatet
Our land. Our responsibility. Our future. On #WorldEnvironmentDay, watch how IKEA Foundation & UNHCR are working with refugees and host communities to restore the environment in Melkadida (Somali). #GenerationRestoration
Kebribeyah, Somali region
📍The oldest refugee camp in Ethiopia 🇪🇹, Kebribeyah has been hosting over 18,000 refugees for the past 30 years.
UNHCR Ethiopia Representative Andrew Mbogori explains how working closely with Somali Regional State, Refugees & Returnees Service - RRS and partners, we'll trasform it into a settlement with improved integrated services for refugees and host communities alike.
Access to livelihood opportunities is key to: 🔹Empowering refugee women 🔹Strengthening refugee communities 🔹Fostering a path toward a brighter future Learn more about how these initiatives are making a difference for refugee women in #Gambella 👇🏾
"Our school isn't functioning as it used to." Gatchew, reports from Gambella, #Ethiopia. Due to shortage of funds, teachers aren't getting paid. As a result, refugee students miss out on their education and engage in harmful activities with their free time.👇
How would your day look like if you had no access to water? Did you know that due to lack of funding, WASH partners in Ethiopia are not able to provide enough water to over 800,000 #refugees in Ethiopia? On #WorldWaterDay, let’s work together so everyone can access clean water.
📍Alemwach refugee site, #Amhara. Hosting 22,000 refugees, Alemwach is an example of how UNHCR, Refugees & Returnees Service - RRS & partners are working to ensure refugees are included in school, healthcare, water & more services. UNHCR Ethiopia Representative Andrew Mbogori reports from the ground.
5 Facts About Secondary Education in Gambella
Every school-aged refugee has the #righttolearn.
In Gambella over 43,0000 refugees won’t be able to access secondary education’, which will hinder their chances of a brighter future.
On International #EducationDay, we need your support to ensure that they can continue their education journey.
Let's bridge education gaps for refugees: https://donate.unhcr.org/
To all our 🇪🇹Ethiopian brothers and sisters celebrating ገና, we wish you a መልካም ገና with your loved ones! Thank you for keeping your doors open to #refugees.
On Christmas day, UNHCR Ethiopia wishes to thank the Govt of 🇪🇹's Refugees & Returnees Service - RRS as well as all of its donors and partners for their consistent and generous support in providing life-saving assistance to close to 1 million #refugees and 4.4 million internally displaced persons.
A special wish came true right before Christmas! After fleeing conflict in #Sudan, 322 refugees landed in Calgary 🇨🇦 on a charter flight-thanks to joint efforts & dedication of UNHCR Ethiopia, IOM Ethiopia & the Government of Ethiopia 🇪🇹. Thank you Canada’s Foreign Policy—Global Affairs Canada for welcoming #refugees!
"Refugees are not only our neighbors, they are our people." Highlighting Ethiopia's generosity in welcoming #refugees, Ms Teyiba Hassen, Refugees & Returnees Service - RRS Director General, underlined the importance of maintaining a culture of "neighborhood-ness" to ensure that refugees have a chance to belong again.
Exemplary. Pioneering. Historic. Those were the words His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen Hassen used to describe the impact of IKEA Foundation's contribution to Melkadida, #Somali during the Linked event on the Melkadida Compact and Kebribeyah Roadmap in Geneva.
"My vision for inclusivity is that people who are forced to flee their homes would have the chance to get a new start in life" Mr Per Heggenes, IKEA Foundation CEO highlights the need to give #refugees new opportunities to rebuild their lives. #RefugeeForum
Kebribeyah Inclusion Roadmap
Kebribeyah, is Ethiopia's oldest refugee camps in Ethiopia.
For 30 years, refugees have lived similar, but separate lives with host community.
The first of its kind in 🇪🇹, the Kebribeyah Inclusion Roadmap, plans to transform it into a town where refugees are fully included.
Melkadida Refugee Compact
☀️clean and renewable solar energy,
🌱irrigable land & climate smart farming
🎒inclusive local health and education systems
🚰adequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene
The Melkadida Refugee Compact aims to achieve this and much more...
Let's #BuildResilienceTogether!⬇️
Ethiopia at the GRF 2023
1. Climate Action
2. Human Settlements
3. Inclusion of refugees into national systems
4. Private sector Engagement
5. Access to land
6. Digital connectivity and access to documentation
These are the 6 NEW Pledges announced today by the Government of Ethiopia at the 2023 Global #RefugeeForum to advance the inclusion of almost 1 million refugees currently hosted in the country.