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questions.\nHave I heard of the UNHCR before?
\nDuring the last few months, news has been full of pictures of refugee camps and people wandering about Europe. Unfortunately the helpers and volunteers behind the cameras are often forgotten. One of those aid groups is the UNHCR. You can easily recognize the UNHCR-workers by their iconic shining light-blue jackets, with the organization logo printed on the back. However, the organization spends very little money on publicity.
\nWho are they?
\nThe UNHCR is a subsidiary of the United Nations, founded after WW2, in the 1950s. Their main intention is to protect and guard refugees on their exhausting way to a better life, but also to provide them with information once they reach their final destination. Roughly 9000 people work for the UNHCR. The headquarters are based in Geneva, Switzerland but most of the employees are spread all around the world.
\nWhat do they do?
\nAs mentioned before, the organization was established to take care of refugees, stateless people and other minority groups all over the world. Therefore, UNHCR employees have to coordinate refugee camps and try to cooperate with other NGOs in order to reach their goals. Their aim is to enable asylum-seekers to live a better life and to put an end to statelessness. Unfortunately, it is still a long way to go, but they do their best.
\nWhere do they get their money from?
\nAlthough the UNHCR is a daughter organization, only little money comes from the United Nations itself. Therefore, the UNHCR mainly depends on donations. Big parts of their 7 billion dollar budget come from individual states. The rest is donated by private persons\/inventors.
\nI hope you now know more about this organization and its important job. For my part, I think it is great that people, no matter where they come from, join to help those who need it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"