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Letter from the Representative The Rohingya refugee crisis: Six months on On the front lines: A Canadian aid worker in Bangladesh Winter warmth: Cash assistance offers lifeline to refugees Reflections of a UNHCR Canada staffer in the field A taste of home: Refugees serve sweets, peace and love UN High Commissioner for Refugees praises Canada Donors in the spotlight High-tech help for refugees Justice for all: LGBTQ2 refugee spreads message of equality The world of Children on the Run


contributors EDITOR:


LAUREN LA ROSE WRITERS:


JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE ERLA CABRERA


FIONA IRVINE-GOULET LAUREN LA ROSE


CONTRIBUTORS: AMELIA GALIZIA RACHEL KNOPE ELIZABETH MULHALL MEGAN RITCH


SHEETAL PERSAUD KARIMA TARIB


DESIGNER: ADELLE DITTMAN


Front cover credit : © UNHCR/David Azia


Front cover: Zeenab, 33, who is eight months pregnant, holds her two-year-old son Mohamed while standing beside her son, Laith, 4, and daughter, Rahaf, 7, at their shelter in Zaatari Camp in Jordan. Zeenab and her family benefited from UNHCR winter cash assistance, which allowed them improve their shelter and buy a gas heater for warmth.


Back cover: © UNHCR/Roger Arnold


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