{"id":29177,"date":"2023-06-16T14:57:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T13:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?p=29177"},"modified":"2023-11-08T13:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:00:59","slug":"world-refugee-day-2023-hope-away-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/world-refugee-day-2023-hope-away-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"World Refugee Day 2023: Hope Away From Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Norah Alupo from Teso, Uganda<\/em>, pictured. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Refugee Day takes place on June 20th<\/sup>. This year’s theme is ‘Hope Away From Home.’ World Refugee Day is an important opportunity to promote empathy and understanding of the plight of refugees across the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, the UNHCR announced <\/a>that more than 100 million people worldwide have now been forcibly displaced. The climate crisis is a major driver in forcing people from their homes and livelihoods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In East Africa, the ongoing drought in the region \u2013 the worst in decades -\u2013 has caused severe food insecurity. About 16.3 million people have had to abandon their livelihoods and everything they know, to seek food, water, safety and shelter outside of their homelands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The climate emergency is having the worst impact on some of those least responsible for its effects. Refugees, Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and stateless people are amongst those on the frontlines of climate change. Human-induced greenhouse gas emissions have warmed today\u2019s climate by 1.2C compared with pre-industrial levels, driving below-average rainfall in eastern Africa, according to a study<\/a> published last month by the World Weather Attribution group of Scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self Help Africa have several projects supporting refugees to build a brighter future for themselves and their families. Our Sustainable Livelihoods and inclusive Markets for Refugees (Sustain) project<\/a> in Uganda is one of these. Uganda is home to 1.5 million refugees, one of the largest refugee populations in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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