In Oct, WFP resumed its support to the national school meals programme reaching over 300,000 schoolchildren via date bars and around 25,000 via healthy meals in communities. In addition, WFP reached around 30,000 Syrian school children attending formal education in Za’atri and Azraq camps via date bar and healthy meal distribution

UNHCR in coordination with NCFA developed a manual on Quality Assistance Standards for Family Violence service providers In Jordan

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has relocated some 1,700 new refugees to a government-allocated site in south-eastern Bangladesh, decongesting existing facilities in Kutupalong and giving them a home after weeks on the move.

CAR: Addressing National Assembly, the Secretary-General pays tribute to the resilience, courage of people of the Central African Republic

UNHCR continues its support to the displaced families by the conflict in the disputed areas to Duhok Governorate.

A one-day consultation workshop on ‘Adolescent and Youth Programming in a Humanitarian Context’ within the framework of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) took place today in Cairo on 18 October. The workshop, organized jointly by UNHCR and UNICEF provided an opportunity to improve the knowledge and understanding of the extent to which the current 3RP responses serve youth and adolescents in key sectors and build the capacity of partners.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the German Embassy DAAD and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) celebrated on Tuesday 17 October, the commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative, known as DAFI.

In an effort to invest in the capacities of young refugee and asylum-seekers’ IT talents and entrepreneurs living in Egypt, UNHCR supported the participation of 22 refugees and asylum-seekers in the Techne Summit hosted at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (30 Sep – 1 Oct). The selected refugees were mainly IT professionals, marketers, computer science graduates, computer engineers and entrepreneurs of both genders with an average age of 26. Participants represented different nationalities, including Syrians, South Sudanese, Sudanese, Yemenis and Iraqis.

On the 5th of October, El Gouna Film Festival honoured UNHCR for their work with refugees and asylum-seekers. At a reception organized at UNHCR's honour, celebrities pledged their support to stand #WithRefugees. Dangerous Crossings and other short films were screened at the “Social Impact through Films” panel during the festival

CAR: In Bangassou, the Secretary General voices solidarity and calls for reconciliation