Jennifer Harrison

Brit-Canuck Reporting Officer 🇬🇧🇨🇦 working with @Refugees 🇺🇳 in Uganda 🇺🇬 Previously in South Africa, Bangladesh and Thailand 🌏 My views only.

[UNHCR Uganda @UNHCRuganda]

Violence doesn’t stop when funding does, it worsens. #16Days

[UNHCR Uganda @UNHCRuganda]

Women and girls cannot afford to lose life-saving support. Not now, not ever. 💔 #16Days

[UNHCR Uganda @UNHCRuganda]

Abbas fled war in Sudan and arrived in Uganda alone in 2024. Now in Bweyale, he rebuilds his life through his car-repair skills.

His story reflects the strength of many still affected.

Read the Sudan Emergency update: https://t.co/ftRxycRUvC #SudanCrisis

[FCA Uganda @fca_uganda]

From Uganda to Italy - Fifty refugee students begin their Master’s studies through the UNICORE Programme.

Thanks to @UNHCRuganda, @UNHCRItalia, @OPMUganda and partners for making it happen.

Read more: https://t.co/a2X1IyYzz7

[Jennifer Harrison @MsJenniferH]

@CityTshwane No power this morning in Waterkloof Ridge!

[UNHCR South Africa @UNHCRSouthernAF]

Escalating violence in eastern DR Congo 🇨🇩 has displaced over 400,000 people this year alone.

Humanitarian needs soaring.

UNHCR is gravely concerned and calls for urgent action to protect civilians and ensure access to aid.

More: https://t.co/tQVBY1XyYz

[UNHCR Mozambique and Angola @UNHCRMozambique]

🛠 UNHCR mobilizes immediate support for #CycloneChido affected people in Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces. 

In partnership with local authorities, UNHCR delivered emergency items to 1,000 individuals, including blankets, sleeping mats, buckets, solar lamps and mosquito nets.

[UNHCR Mozambique and Angola @UNHCRMozambique]

With generous support from @StatePRM, a total of 187 durable shelters have been completed🏠in Maratane, Nampula🇲🇿 in 2024, benefitting nearly 1,000 people.

Shelter is key to restoring personal security, self-sufficiency and dignity to forcibly displaced people.

[UNHCR Mozambique and Angola @UNHCRMozambique]

In 🇲🇿, UNHCR is reaching thousands, providing essential humanitarian assistance, protection & shelter to displaced people & host communities.

On this Thanksgiving, we also celebrate the generosity of the American🇺🇸 people and @StatePRM for the immense support to our cause. 🙏

[UNHCR Government Partners @UNHCRgov]

🎥 What does UNHCR do on the ground?

Maarten,🇧🇪 Junior Professional Officer in the DRC for 3 years, explains how @UNHCR_DRC protects displaced people.

From building emergency shelters to finding durable solutions, thanks to our partner @BelgiumMFA, we can make a difference.

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

Mpox has been declared a public health emergency.

For those forced to flee their homes, the risks are even higher.

They need clean water, sanitation and healthcare to survive this crisis.

Your donation today can make all the difference. 👉 https://t.co/jTzApnNo6M

[Filippo Grandi @FilippoGrandi]

“If you don’t see it and experience it and speak to someone who has really been affected by it, you couldn’t even imagine. We need more empathy for it for sure” - ⁦@LewisHamilton⁩ on visiting refugees in Mozambique with UNHCR.

Thank you!

👇🏻 https://t.co/fWDeRj7BMF

[UNHCR Mozambique and Angola @UNHCRMozambique]

📢News from Maratane

We are very thankful to 7-time F1Champion, @LewisHamilton for visiting the Maratane Refugee Settlement in Nampula,🇲🇿.

During his visit, Mr. Hamilton met with school students from refugee & host communities & spoke with them about their struggles & dreams.

[Big Issue @BigIssue]

📰 In the wake of tragic stabbings in Southport, the UK has seen an alarming rise in racist violence. Communities are coming together to combat this hate.

Want to help? Here are 5 ways you can make a difference. 👇
Thread: (1/7) 🧵

[UK for UNHCR @UNRefugeesUK]

A statement from UNHCR and UK for UNHCR.

[UNHCR United Kingdom @UNHCRUK]

The new UK Government has the chance to better protect refugees in the UK and globally.

In a new paper, UNHCR outlines 5 workable measures rooted in international cooperation to enable a principled and effective management of refugee movements.
https://t.co/rCIG5fwFXX

[UNHCR Government Partners @UNHCRgov]

Highlighting the potential of displaced people and locals as🛒consumers, ⚒️workers, 💼and business partners.

Thanks to @DanishMFA, @DutchMFA, @StatePRM for supporting private sector solutions in Mozambique🇲🇿 through the #IFCUNHCRJointInitiative.

[UNHCR South Africa @UNHCRSouthernAF]

At least 12 people, including children, were killed in bombings on civilian sites for displaced people near #Goma. This is shocking & unacceptable. With @UNICEFDRC , we call for the end to the violence in eastern DRC.

@UNHCR_DRC
@DikongueAngele
https://t.co/R3ZTc5Tjtp

[Le HCR en RDC @UNHCR_DRC]

Seeing is believing! Thank you 🙏 @USEmbKinshasa & @StatePRM for your visit this week. We were so glad to show how your support has helped the DRC government🇨🇩, #UNHCR, and NGOs provide essential assistance to Central African refugees in📍North Ubangi!

[UNHCR South Africa @UNHCRSouthernAF]

With the support of @StatePRM, and in collaboration with @refugees and the Angolan government, refugees in Lôvua settlement & in country have better access to health, education, legal services & food
@UNHCRgov @usambangola