More than 43 million people have been forcibly displaced by war, conflict and human rights abuses. UNHCR supports these people in over 250 camps and temporary settlements worldwide. It provides: emergency response, shelter, water & sanitation, heatlh, education & sports, protection & legal services, support to establish new livelihoods and resettlement.

Every year, with the exception of a US$41 million contribution from the United Nations general fund, UNHCR relies on voluntary contributions for its entire US$3.7 billion budget.

Our Corporate partners typically support us in one of four integrated ways:

Corporate giving:

  • Company donations
  • Foundation grants
  • Matched giving
  • Emergency giving
  • Budgeted in-kind donations
  • Your ideas 

Access to donors:

  • 70% of UNHCR's private sector income is from individual donors
  • Companies can give access to consumers, employees, suppliers and networks

Core competencies:

  • Contributing vital skills & learning e.g. logistics, human resources and supply chain management
  • Serving the core needs of the organization
  • Engaging in new ways

In-kind donations:

  • Our ongoing work in refugee camps
  • Immediate responses to emergencies

Please contact Olivier Delarue (email: delarue@unhcr.org) to find out how you could get
involved too.


MORE ABOUT THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.

In more than six decades, the agency has helped tens of millions of people restart their lives. Today, a staff of some 7,685 people in more than 125 countries continues to help some 33.9 million persons.

Contact: 
Olivier Delarue
Mobile: +41 79 214 2454
Email: delarue@unhcr.org


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