Oltre 6mila donazioni e 80.119 euro raccolti da soci e clienti di Unicoop Fi per la campagna natalizia a sostegno dell’UNHCR, Agenzia delle Nazioni Unite per i Rifugiati
FIRENZE. Ancora una volta la grande generosità dei toscani mette a segno un grande traguardo: grazie alle donazioni di soci e clienti di Unicoop Firenze, con la campagna natalizia promossa dalla cooperativa in collaborazione con la Fondazione Il Cuore si scioglie sono stati raccolti oltre 80.119 Euro a sostegno dell’UNHCR, l’Agenzia delle Nazioni Unite per i Rifugiati che, dal 1950, in tutto il mondo, protegge e assiste le persone costrette a fuggire a causa di guerre e persecuzioni. Nel periodo della campagna, avviata il 9 dicembre e chiusa il 9 gennaio, soci e clienti hanno effettuato oltre 6.000 donazioni, contribuendo direttamente alle casse dei punti vendita Coop, Euro o punti della carta socio. Un contributo decisivo alla campagna è arrivato anche dalle quarantadue sezioni soci Coop che, in collaborazione con le associazioni del territorio e i dipendenti della cooperativa, hanno organizzato oltre 30 appuntamenti di raccolta con oltre 2000 partecipanti a cene, spettacoli di danza e teatro, mercatini e hanno allestito postazioni per informare sulle iniziative in corso e sull’attività dell’UNHCR.
- UNHCR staff talking to a Syrian returnee woman on distribution site in Maarat An Numan, rural Idleb. ; As a result of intense Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since 23 September 2024, thousands of Lebanese and Syrian people have fled into Syria. UNHCR and partners, including the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, are present at the border, providing food, water, blankets and mattresses. UNHCR is responding to the needs of forcibly displaced people across Lebanon, coordinating closely with the authorities and other humanitarian organizations, to help civilians who have fled the airstrikes with shelter, healthcare and psychosocial support. The humanitarian situation in Syria remains dire; the 2023 earthquake and the drawn-out conflict there have left critical infrastructure in tatters and millions in need of assistance.
- Syrians and Lebanese people arriving to Jossieh crossing border in Homs Governorate after the escalation of violence in Lebanon. UNHCR team along with partners continue providing support to new arrivals to Syria at Joussieh crossing border. ; As a result of intense Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since 23 September 2024, thousands of Lebanese and Syrian people have fled into Syria. UNHCR and partners, including the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, are present at the border, providing food, water, blankets and mattresses. UNHCR is responding to the needs of forcibly displaced people across Lebanon, coordinating closely with the authorities and other humanitarian organizations, to help civilians who have fled the airstrikes with shelter, healthcare and psychosocial support. The humanitarian situation in Syria remains dire; the 2023 earthquake and the drawn-out conflict there have left critical infrastructure in tatters and millions in need of assistance.
- People carry their luggage as they cross the Jdeidet Yabous border into Syria on foot, as the main road between the Lebanese and Syrian sides of the border has been destroyed by an Israeli airstrike. High Commissioner Filippo Grandi visited the region in October 2024, to mobilize support for some 250,000 people who have now fled the airstrikes in Lebanon and crossed into Syria. ; As a result of intense Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since 23 September 2024, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese and Syrian people have fled into Syria. UNHCR and partners, including the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, are present at the border, providing food, water and blankets. UNHCR is responding to the needs of forcibly displaced people across Lebanon, where more than 1.2 million people are now displaced as a result of the hostilities, and is coordinating closely with the authorities and other humanitarian organizations to provide shelter, healthcare and psychosocial support. The humanitarian situation in Syria remains dire; the 2023 earthquake and the drawn-out conflict there have left critical infrastructure in tatters and millions in need of assistance.
- UNHCR protection monitor Svetlana Lokian is conducting an interview with Valentina (83). Valentina came to Poland from Kramatorsk on 29 March 2022 with her daughter Oksana and granddaughter Zhanna. “The city was being attacked all the time,” Valentina recalls. Now they are all living at a collective centre in Krakow with 400 other refugees from Ukraine. Valentina says she likes it in Poland, but her New Year wish is that they all return to Ukraine and her grandson survives the war.; Poland has been since the onset of the war one of the main destinations of refugees from Ukraine and is now bracing for the possibility of more people fleeing this winter. More and more refugees from Ukraine rely heavily on humanitarian assistance and cannot find accommodation other that the one in collective centres. ; Background information: 10 months after the war broke out in Ukraine, more than 1 million refugees found safety in Poland. As most of them are women and children, or older people, significant numbers of refugees are in need of humanitarian assistance. Some refugees, due to their complicated situation (lack of language, other people in family to look after) are likely to fall through the cracks and receive no or not enough assistance. UNHCR protection monitors help identify such people to map current needs of refugees from Ukraine and to refer them to specialized services.
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