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Australians empowering refugees

Australia for UNHCR is the UN Refugee Agency’s national partner in Australia, raising funds and awareness to support displaced people across the globe.

Australia for UNHCR unites caring Australians – individuals, community groups and businesses – to support people fleeing conflict, disaster and persecution. We advocate and fundraise for refugee protection, emergency aid and long-term support and solutions, helping UNHCR reach millions of displaced people each year.

About Australia for UNHCR
A young girl fist bumps a UNHCR staff member at a nutrition centre in a Rohingya refugee settlement, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
© UNHCR / K. Hasan

Your donations to Australia for UNHCR in action

Two women receive thermal blankets as part of UNHCR's winter assistance in Lebanon.
million blankets keeping refugees warm
Yemen. Displaced Children In Dhamar Governorate
million solar lamps lighting the way to safety
Syrian Refugees Fleeing Military Campaign Receive Aid At UNHCR Camp
tents sheltering families forced to flee

Join our Emergency Response Team

With more than 100 million people now displaced around the world, your support is needed more than ever. Your regular gift to Australia for UNHCR can provide life-saving aid whenever and wherever an emergency arises.

Join Australia for UNHCR's Emergency Response Team with a regular gift now. 

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An Ethiopian refugee woman wraps herself in a UNHCR blanket.
© UNHCR/Olivier Jobard
Greece. UNHCR Ramps Up Support After Fire Destroys Moria Reception Centre

Key Emergency Response

UNHCR works in more than 130 countries around the world. We are often first in and last out in a refugee crisis, providing vulnerable families with shelter, water and other survival essentials. Your gift to Australia for UNHCR can provide life-saving aid for people in their time of greatest need.

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Ukraine Emergency Türkiye-Syria Earthquake Emergency Horn of Africa Hunger Crisis Afghanistan Emergency

“It’s all that keeps us going, the help we get from UNHCR.”

Farishta*, a widow and mother of two, fled her home in northern Afghanistan when the Taliban overran her town. In Kabul, she struggled to pay for rent or food and was sinking into debt before she began receiving UNHCR assistance.

*Name changed for protection reasons

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Farishta and her daughter sit, foreheads touching
© UNHCR/Andrew McConnell
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