Jakob Øster

UNHCR Partnerships Officer - tweeting mostly about innovative business models in refugee contexts

[Last Mile Climate @LastMileClimate]

Thank you #NansenAward Winner @miire06 for highlighting the need to take #climateaction with less than 6 years left on the @theclimateclock. Thank you for joining our refugee-led dinner during #GRF2023 #ClimateActionPartnerships
#ActInTime #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #RefugeeForum

[CLIMATE CLOCK @theclimateclock]

This COP28, we partnered with Last Mile Climate to spotlight the impact of climate change on refugees, specifically at Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, Uganda. We demand national adaptation systems include refugees! #SpeakLessActMore #ClimateActionPartnership #HumanitarianEnergy

[UNHCR Nordic and Baltic Countries @UNHCR_NE]

What’s it like to live in a #refugee camp?

One of our biggest partners @IKEAFoundation set up the exhibition “Life as displaced” for IKEA staff to highlight the partnership w UNHCR and the work to support people #Forcedtoflee

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

⚡NEWS: Former Federal Chancellor of Germany Dr. Angela Merkel is the global laureate of the 2022 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. #NansenAward

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

When fireworks sound like gunfire.
When sirens sound like screaming.
When slamming doors sound like dropping bombs.

Refugees need solidarity and love to help heal the scars of war.

[Kelly T. Clements @KellyTClements]

No pile of blankets.
No sum of cash.
No amount of medicine.

Aid will not halt the death and destruction.

Ukraine needs peace.

[Jeffrey Strew @JeffStrew]

Excellent visualization of how #Ukraine's refugee crisis compares to other mass displacements

Source: @nytimes's @schodosh @zachwlevitt https://t.co/qSgH8hOCm7

[UNHCR Ukraine @UNHCRUkraine]

@UNHCRUkraine distributed 200 mattresses and 400 blankets donated by the @IKEA to a school in #Lviv that has opened its doors to receive and provide initial accommodation to hundreds of internally displaced people fleeing areas under heavy shelling in #Ukraine.

[Jakob Øster @jakoboster]

At UNHCR we are gravely concerned about the fast-deteriorating situation and ongoing military action in Ukraine. UNHCR is ready to provide humanitarian assistance wherever necessary and possible. Security and access for humanitarian efforts must be guaranteed.

[Filippo Grandi @FilippoGrandi]

It is a dark day for world peace. There are no winners in war, but countless lives will be torn apart.

People have started to flee their homes to seek safety.

UNHCR is stepping up operations in Ukraine and neighbouring countries.

Full statement below👇🏻

https://t.co/WtBGlJWj2b

[Kelly T. Clements @KellyTClements]

A magnificent performance from world champion poet, scientist and former refugee Emi Mahmoud.

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador @EmiThePoet wrote it to help ensure refugee voices are heard at #COP26. Thank you Emi!

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

A must watch, especially now during #COP26

[The Audacious Project @TheAudaciousPrj]

Of the more than 70 million displaced people, only 3% have access to higher ed. @SNHU_GEM is on a mission to help refugees get bachelor's degrees & create pathways toward employment. Learn more about Saida & Noria's journey #InternationalDayoftheGirl https://t.co/hDXrJhoOay

[Jakob Øster @jakoboster]

Important and passionate truths by @JeffDSachs

https://t.co/vxrSPhWloW

[Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams @JAGhedini]

The #RefugeeConvention has literally saved the lives of millions of refugees, like the first female Syrian pilot @GhazalMia.

UNHCR is the guardian of the Convention and will continue to fight for its protection and the protection of people forced to flee everywhere.

[Ylva Johansson @YlvaJohansson]

28 July marks 70 years of the Geneva Refugee Convention.
Today, 80m people are displaced.
Low & middle income countries host +86%.
The Convention was once a global answer to a European catastrophe.
Today, we must give a European answer to a global emergency.
#UNHCR70 @Refugees

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

Refugees bring with them talent, skills and experience.

@IKEA stores around the world recognise this potential. Through their Skills for Employment programmes, refugees can start to build a brighter future. 🌟

[Jakob Øster @jakoboster]

Very touching short-film about UNIQLO clothing donated to refugees in partnership with @Refugees https://t.co/pq0KFCM7FR

[Jakob Øster @jakoboster]

So true! https://t.co/SzvonmnaQy Thank you for the perspective @Mgutierrezalv

[Jakob Øster @jakoboster]

Indeed - so important to have refugees included into national development strategies so that no-one is left behind! Thanks @AFRwanda for the continued commitment to @refugees

[Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) @AFRwanda]

"Access to appropriate financial products and services by people that were forced to flee their respective countries is a key enabler to their economic integration." Our CEO @jbiyacu

Together #withRefugees
#WorldRefugeeDay
👥Togetherness
🤝Inclusion
💙Love

[Jakob Øster @jakoboster]

Great to see your continued commitment to @Refugees @JoeHuxley and @FSDAfrica #withRefugees