CONTENTS


3 Letter from the Representative 4 Recovery and rebuilding: The aftermath of Cyclones Idai and Kenneth 6 8


Refugee Housing Units provide a better shelter solution The Rohingya: Two years later


9 A Canadian UNHCR staffer shares emotional visit with Rohingya girls 10 Meet the Canadian CEO sponsoring and hiring refugees 12 Opinion: Why cities need to stand #WithRefugees 14 Four million and counting: the escalating crisis in Venezuela 18 Young Salvadoran works to protect his community from gang violence 19 Sudanese asylum seeker escapes violence in Libya 20 The Tailor Project’s 70-year-old roots help today’s skilled refugees 22 Yemen: faces from the front lines of a humanitarian emergency


24 26


A taste of success: Syrian chef savours new challenge in Canada How improved water access is changing lives in Bangladesh


27 How your legacy gift can leave a lasting impact on refugees


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CONTRIBUTORS


EDITOR Lauren La Rose


MANAGING EDITOR Faria Bhuiyan


WRITERS Jean-Nicolas Beuze Faria Bhuiyan Diana Diaz Louise Donovan Fiona Irvine-Goulet Lauren La Rose


DESIGN Alyssa Yuhas


Front cover photo: ©UNHCR/Vincent Tremeau


Front cover: In Cúcuta, Colombia, a young girl is held by a policeman as Venezuelans are blocked on the Simon Bolivar Bridge seeking to return to Venezuela at the end of the day. Amid rampant hyperinflation, shortages, political turmoil, violence and persecution, more than four million Venezuelans, refugees and migrants have left the country since 2015 in search of security or a better life abroad.


Inside back cover photo: ©UNHCR/A.Roulet


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