helene caux

Aid worker, photographer. Senior Communications Officer @refugees. All views are mine.

[UNHCR CHAD @UnhcrTchad]

Ce jour à Adré, à l’est du Tchad, un nouvel espace s’ouvre pour les femmes réfugiées et celles de la communauté hôte, pour apprendre, gagner un revenu et avancer ensemble.

La Maison de la Femme a été inaugurée par la ministre d’État, @minfemmetchad, et le Directeur executif adjoint de @UNFPA, @SabertonUNFPA.

Fruit d’un effort conjoint de l’@OnuTchad et du Gouvernement tchadien, ce centre proposera des formations en couture, coiffure et pâtisserie, entre autres. Des compétences concrètes, des opportunités réelles, et un lieu pour se retrouver et se soutenir.

[helene caux @helenecaux]

“We lost family members and many precious things.”

Around 920,000 Sudanese have fled their homes and sought refuge in Chad since the latest conflict exploded in Sudan exactly three years to the day.

Here’s Guisma and Shaima’s story of life in exile. 🔗 https://t.co/Nmhkp4FSDi

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

Women have just 64% of the legal rights men hold worldwide. For refugee women, the gap is even wider.

This #InternationalWomensDay, we demand RIGHTS. JUSTICE. ACTION. For ALL women and girls, including those who have been forced to flee.

#IWD2026

[UNHCR CHAD @UnhcrTchad]

In Adré, eastern Chad, UK Foreign Secretary @YvetteCooperMP met refugees who had just crossed the border after fleeing violence in Sudan.

With @FCDOGovUK support, @UnhcrTchad and @WFP_Chad are responding to the urgent needs of more than 900,000 Sudanese refugees.

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

https://t.co/3O6wVwXwyg

[Barham Salih @BarhamSalih]

In Adre, at the Chadian border, I met Sudanese refugees who just fled the horrors of war at home.

UNHCR is playing a crucial role here, ensuring people find safety and protection, shelter and other vital assistance.

But it is far from enough, given the scale of this calamity.

[UNHCR CHAD @UnhcrTchad]

High Commissioner for Refugees @BarhamSalih has arrived in Chad 🇹🇩, as the country continues to host refugees displaced by the ongoing conflict in Sudan.

Today he held meetings with Chadian authorities and will spend time engaging with refugees, host communities and partners.

[Paolo A. Artini @Paolo_Artini]

Le HCR est bouleversé par les conséquences dévastatrices du cyclone #Chido et exprime sa pleine solidarité envers les milliers de personnes touchées par cette tragédie.

Le HCR se tient prêt à appuyer les autorités et les acteurs humanitaires à #Mayotte selon les besoins.

[UNHCR Mozambique and Angola @UNHCRMozambique]

📢 UNHCR has reached over 1,000 individuals with emergency assistance in the aftermath of #CycloneChido & provided accommodation to 949 people. 

UNHCR is managing the accommodation site in Pemba, providing temporary shelters and strengthening protection for displaced families.

[Filippo Grandi @FilippoGrandi]

Syria is at a crossroads between peace and war, freedom and lawlessness, prosperity and misery.

For its refugees, the watershed is between repatriation and the continuation of exile.

It all depends on a peaceful transition, respecting the lives and aspirations of all Syrians.

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

🚧 Power inequities prevent women and girls from participating in humanitarian responses.

Empowering them isn’t optional—it’s essential.

#16Days

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

Meet Francine, a remarkable woman who transformed her life with the help of insect farming!🐛🐔

After fleeing violence in DR Congo, she now supports her family in Zimbabwe by raising black soldier flies.

Find out more about this innovative approach: https://t.co/0yJJBsIMPh

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

How do we put an end to fragility in refugee situations?

Giving refugees the opportunity to self-actualize is part of the solution.

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador @marymaker_43 outlines how.

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

🚨Escalating violence in eastern DR Congo

We’re calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities and protection of civilians.

[helene caux @helenecaux]

Meet refugee soccer players Gift, Nathan, Loveness & coach Peter in #Meheba settlement, #Zambia . Their love for football is leading them to the Zambian championship! Sport greatly fosters the inclusion of #Refugees in countries hosting them.
@AlJazeera
https://t.co/l6Jv2YieIh

[UNHCR South Africa @UNHCRSouthernAF]

Escalating violence leaves hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands on the move in eastern #DRC. The people of #Ituri & #NorthKivu are being attacked every day. When will this stop…?

@UNHCR_DRC
@UNOCHA_DRC
https://t.co/Z3ckveLcAi

[Filippo Grandi @FilippoGrandi]

Three UNHCR colleagues have been wounded in an attack in Eastern DRC — once more, humanitarians are targeted in an area which has not seen peace in decades, and as they strive to help those affected by conflict.

https://t.co/PfksZkPU8Q

[UNHCR South Africa @UNHCRSouthernAF]

Deadly attacks by armed groups on displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, killed 26 people in Ituri province on Sunday. Ten women & nine children were among the dead. UNHCR is horrified by the attacks. 💔
https://t.co/kxB7MsSv0o

[helene caux @helenecaux]

25,000 indigenous people in the Republic of the #Congo are at risk of #statelessness. UNHCR & the government work together to provide them w/ birth certificates - a first step in ensuring they are protected & can access schools, health structures, jobs. https://t.co/HvlvtOIzUm