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People continue to stand by refugees, Gen Z shows most empathy

UNHCR A Sudanese refugee carrying her child at a UNHCR registration center in Cairo, Egypt.

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United Nations·29 July 2026

The Promise: 75 Years of the Refugee Convention

Sudanese refugee Hawa Ahmat Adam, 18, at her secondary school in the Farchana refugee camp in eastern Chad. © UNHCR/Ala Kheir

UNHCR · 1 min read

Arts & Culture·11 February 2026

Sir Ian McKellan recites Shakespeare on immigration

ON SOURCE: AMOL RAJAN INSTAGRAM Sir Ian McKellen quoting Shakespeare from 400 years ago, drawing a parallel with the inhumaity of our times, how the voices of division, along with their false promises, are becoming louder, scapegoating…

AMOL RAJAN INSTAGRAM · 2 min read

Climate·7 January 2026

Earth needs a systems change that prioritises wellbeing

We are currently facing the failure of a system based on infinite growth that puts profit before care for people and the planet. A system that is highly dependent on fossil fuels, natural resources extraction, overproduction and…

GREENPEACE · 3 min read

Arts & Culture·15 June 2025

A World in Need of Poets

We need storytellers who can translate devastation into empathy and urgency.

ON Network · 6 min read

For Peace·9 November 2025

Why Neutrality Matters: Exploring the ICRC's Mission

Why Neutrality Matters: Exploring the ICRC's Miss

1 min read

Dwelling·21 October 2023

The urgent need for disaster-resilient homes and schools

The urgent need for disaster-resilient homes and

1 min read

Charities·26 September 2023

Comfort Ero President & CEO Crisis Group

Dr Comfort Ero was appointed Crisis Group’s President & CEO in December 2021. She joined the organisation as West Africa Project Director in 2001 and rose to become Africa Program Director and then, in January 2021, Interim Vice President.

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate Crisis·9 January 2023

Data reveals impacts of climate emergency on displacement

A man walks through a flooded street in Tela, Hondu

1 min read

Humanitarian·4 January 2023

UN rights chief on Myanmar refugees and a future of ‘kindness, empathy and unity’

Days after the latest sea rescue of Rohingya refugees by Indonesian fishing crews, UN human rights chief Volker Türk appealed for greater regional protections.

ON Network · 3 min read

Charities·19 November 2022

ShelterBox: What would you take?

by Nicky Stephens, ShelterBox Digital Marketing & Innovation Manager 16/11/2022

ON Network · 4 min read

Humanitarian·21 June 2022

UNHCR: World Refugee Day

Each year on June 20, the world celebrates World Refugee Day. This year, the focus will be on the right to seek safety.

ON Network · 2 min read

Give Refuge·7 June 2022

Norwegian Refugee Council Chief Attention On Ukraine War Reveals Discrimination Against African Crises

Displaced communities living in church buildings after

1 min read

Humanitarian·11 May 2022

Security Council ‘speaks with one voice for peace in Ukraine’

A six-year-old boy rides in a train along the Poland-Ukrainian border in Medyka, after fleeing the conflict in Ukraine with his mother.

ON Network · 2 min read

Arts & Culture·9 May 2022

Refugee Week - Southbank Centre - Dance with Little Amal

At a free event on our terrace, meet and dance with not-so-little puppet Little Amal, who has travelled from her home in Syria, raising awareness for refugees.

ON Network · 1 min read

Humanitarian·15 March 2022

UNHCR welcomes EU decision to offer temporary protection to refugees fleeing Ukraine

By United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees • 06 march 2022

ON Network · 1 min read

Charities·13 December 2021

Global refugee pact: have countries made progress or are they dangerously off track?

A girl looks over the Umm Rakouba refugee camp for people who fled the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, December 2020. (AP Photo / Nariman El-Mofty)

ON Network · 6 min read

Health·26 May 2021

Standing for the health of Palestine refugees, health care is a human right, not a privilege

By United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East • 26 may 2021

ON Network · 2 min read

Arts & Culture·11 November 2021

A 12-Foot Puppet of a Syrian Girl Will Travel 5,000 Miles This Summer as Part of a Wildly Ambitious Art Project About the Plight of Refugees

Good Chance theater company, The Walk , featuring the Little Amal puppet created by Handspring Puppet Company, as seen in London. Photo by Nick Wall, courtesy of Good Chance theater company.

ON Network · 4 min read

Charities·28 March 2021

Finland grants nearly EUR 70 million in humanitarian assistance to strengthen food security, support refugees and promote the rights of vulnerable people

More than 200 million people across the globe need humanitarian assistance due to conflicts, natural disasters, and COVID-19 pandemic. The provision of humanitarian assistance is one of the most concrete ways of responding to crises and…

ON Network · 3 min read

Charities·6 January 2021

EU allocates additional €3.5 million to support vulnerable refugees and migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The European Commission has announced an additional €3.5 million in humanitarian aid to help vulnerable refugees and migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina facing a humanitarian disaster. More than 1,700 refugees and migrants remain without…

ON Network · 1 min read

Charities·9 January 2023

EU extends humanitarian support for refugees in Turkey

The European Commission has extended two humanitarian flagship programmes in Turkey until early 2022. These programmes help over 1.8 million refugees meet their basic needs and will help over 700,000 children to continue their education.

ON Network · 1 min read

Charities·29 December 2020

Refugees' tents in Lebanon set on fire

@UNHCRLebanon reported that on the night of the 26th of December, a personal dispute between Lebanese and Syrian refugees turned violent, resulting in the blazing of refugees' tents in the Miniyeh region, near the coastal city of Tripoli…

ON Network · 2 min read

Charities·21 December 2020

Hundreds of People Protest in Valencia for Migrants Rights

On December 19 at 5:30 p.m. a march organized by the #RegularizaciónYa movement took place in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento (València, Spain) as part of the commemoration of International Migrants Day on Friday 18.

ON Network · 2 min read

Arts & Culture·9 December 2020

Priya Burci: 'Powercoders is really about empowering refugees'

ON Network · 7 min read

Climate·29 October 2023

Reimagining Museums for Climate Action

NB Olive Network editors note - please visit the MUSEUMS AS CLIMATE ACTION website for full and interactive story.

ON Network · 4 min read

Dwelling·17 November 2020

Syrian refugees help to rebuild Beirut when nobody else is prepared to do so

The Lebanese capital hosts up to 200,000 Syrian refugees, many of whom lost their jobs following the explosion. UNHCR estimates that before the blast about 50% of refugees were living in extreme poverty and this has now increased to 80%.…

ON Network · 3 min read

Charities·11 November 2020

Refugees struggle to cope with the crisis.

“We are afraid because we have nothing […] As we live in a very congested area, if there is limited access to medical treatment and the virus comes here, we will all die. So, we need sufficient hygiene materials like soaps and masks, along…

ON Network · 3 min read

Arts & Culture·23 November 2023

First online university for refugees - Kiron Open Higher Education

Five years have passed since Berlin-based Vincent Zimmer and Markus Kressler launched Kiron Open Higher Education , the first online university exclusively for refugees, boosted by a handful of volunteers and a crowdfunding campaign.

ON Network · 2 min read

Give Refuge·28 August 2020

The Art Newspaper: Banksy funds refugee rescue ship in Mediterranean

Banksy financed the purchase of the rescue vessel Loui

1 min read

Charities·1 August 2020

UN News: Learning from the pandemic

UNICEF/Nahom Tesfaye - A young boy in Ethiopia attends class at home, taking lessons via the radio, which are being broadcast across the country.

ON Network · 1 min read

Charities·28 April 2020

UNHCR offers practical recommendations in support of European countries to ensure access to asylum and safe reception

An Afghan asylum seeker stands with two of his childern at a reception centre in Fylakio, Greece, in February 2020. © UNHCR/Achilleas Zavallis

ON Network · 4 min read

Humanitarian·18 February 2020

The librarian of Moria - and other tales of hope from the notorious refugee camp

Green shoots ... Sima Mohammedi, 26, a refugee volunteer from Afghanistan, in a garden at the One Happy Family community centre near Moria. Photograph: Byron Smith/Getty Images

ON Network · 18 min read

Charities·10 March 2020

We simply can’t turn our backs on vulnerable refugee children

‘Boris Johnson’s withdrawal bill leaves the children whose rights have been removed with no means of finding their family in the UK.’ A child in the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece. Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA

ON Network · 4 min read

Charities·11 February 2022

Medecins Sans Frontieres: Rescuing refugees in the Mediterranean

Hannah is the current Field Communications Manager onboard Ocean Viking. Since starting her career as a London publicist, her work and study at the intersection of humanitarianism, journalism and advocacy have taken her from Africa to…

ON Network · 6 min read

Charities·27 February 2020

ShelterBox in the Philippines

A family stands proudly outside their ShelterBox tent, which they received following typhoon Rammasun, locally known as Butchoy that destroyed more than 100,000 houses and damaged 400,000 others.

ON Network · 3 min read

Charities·13 August 2019

Former child refugee tracks down aid worker who gave her a bike

Mevan Babakar uses Twitter to find man whose gift brought her joy more than 20 years ago

ON Network · 2 min read

New Museum·10 March 2019

'Geek philanthropy': the gamers raising millions through marathon live streams

Gamers play the endurance driving game Desert Bus as part of Desert Bus for Hope, which launched in 2007 and has raised over $5m for the children’s hospital charity Child’s Play. Photograph: Kolin Toney/Desert Bus for Hope

6 min read

New Museum·15 February 2019

A personal and professional perspective on the school ‘climate strike’

At 11 o’clock this morning thousands of school students in the UK walked out of their lessons to demand increased action on climate change.

5 min read

New Museum·24 January 2019

Could this local experiment be the start of a national transformation?

‘Over the past year, Barking and Dagenham has started to become known as a global leader in taking back control.’ Illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare

5 min read

New Museum·22 January 2019

Can Art Relax You?

Can art relax you? Sressed Millennials use galleries to unwind, research shows.

2 min read

New Museum·9 January 2019

Choose Love: The world's first store that sells real products for refugees

Every single purchase you make goes towards a similar item for a refugee, delivered via one of the 80+ projects Help Refugees support across the world.

1 min read

New Museum·8 January 2019

Beauty That Unites: Travels in the Marvelous Harmony of the Chinese people and Vatican Museums

Soft diplomacy between the two countries starts off with an exchange of art.

1 min read

New Museum·8 January 2019

Art can be a powerful medicine against dementia

People living with dementia discuss art at a Royal Academy InMind session. Photograph: Roy Matthews

7 min read

New Museum·8 January 2019

Forest Bathing Is the New Global Phenomenon in Nature Therapy

Shinrin Yoku means “forest bathing” or “taking in the forest atmosphere.” In 1982, the Forest Agency proposed Shrinrin Yoku as a different type of therapy which quickly took as picnicking under the cherry blossoms in April and March is a…

3 min read

New Museum·8 January 2019

Bee inspired: why Oslo has put ecological riches at the heart of the city

Kristina Bjureke, the chief botanist at the natural history museum in Oslo, examines a flowering plant with horticulturalist Tor Mjaaland. Bjureke wrote the plant management plan for city’s hay meadow campaign. Photograph: Jonathan Watts…

5 min read

New Museum·8 January 2019

15,000 at Glastonbury set record for biggest human peace sign

People form a giant peace sign at Glastonbury. Photograph: Andy Eliot/PA

5 min read

New Museum·18 September 2019

Emergency Architects & Human Rights

The building is 25 sqm classroom in a dome shape built to host Syrian and Jordanian children in Za’atari village, located just outside of the Za’atari refugee camp, 10 km from the Syrian border.

2 min read

New Museum·7 January 2019

COOL EARTH

Half the world's rainforest has been lost over the past forty years.

1 min read

Humanitarian·18 August 2019

Why Ikea's Flatpack Refugee Shelter Won Design Of The Year

‘It’s a thousand times better’ … Better Shelters at a transit camp on the Greek island of Lesbos in 2015. Photograph: Better Shelter

ON Network · 4 min read

New Museum·3 January 2019

Artist John Akomfrah Wins Artes Mundi Prize - his work feels particularly urgent.

His work, tackling migration, racism, and religious persecution, feels particularly urgent.

2 min read

New Museum·17 August 2019

Franciscans International - A Voice At The United Nations

We are a Franciscan voice at the United Nations protecting the vulnerable, the forgotten, and our wounded earth through advocacy.

1 min read

New Museum·23 August 2024

Claudia Sings Sunshine On A Rainy Day | WaterAid

Claudia's village, Lubunda , is in a disadvantaged part of northern Zambia, where people once relied on dirty, distant and dangerous water sources.

1 min read

New Museum·1 January 2019

EducAid - learning for life in Sierra Leone

What are the important skills, behaviours, and attitudes that students need to become contributing global citizens?

3 min read

New Museum·1 January 2019

A Sweet Gig: Danish Beekeeping Program Employs Refugees

By operating urban beehives year-round, Bybi helps the environment, gives training, and creates opportunity.

4 min read

New Museum·30 December 2018

Cahier Africain

In the beginning there was a notebook. A notebook about hundreds of broken lives and tragic fates. Director Heidi Specogna wastes no time and shows it to us in the very beginning. She uses the photos of men, children and teenagers, as well…

2 min read

New Museum·30 December 2018

A World Not Ours

The Schwarz Foundation has recently opened A World Not Ours , its exhibition for the summer, curated by Katerina Gregos. The exhibition takes place at the Foundation’s venue in Greece, Art Space Pythagorion , on the island of Samos, one of…

15 min read

New Museum·14 April 2026

Featured Story: A knowledge transporter in Afghanistan

School teacher Saber Hosseini from Bamyan, Afghanistan, cycles more than an hour to deliver books to children in remote villages in the province.

2 min read

New Museum·24 September 2019

Dancing out of poverty in South Africa

Taking the floor: Dane Hurst and the Rambert dance floor he moved to South Africa. Photograph: Karl Schoemaker for the Observer

8 min read

New Museum·28 December 2018

From freecycling to Fairphones: 24 ways to lead an anti-capitalist life in a capitalist world

11 min read

New Museum·28 December 2018

Diverse candidates make history in US midterm elections

Some of the winners in Tuesday’s US midterm elections will make history when they take office. Here’s a round-up of some of those breaking barriers Stateside, from people of colour to LGBT candidates

2 min read

New Museum·28 December 2018

ABBIE TRAYLER-SMITH 'AFTER DARKNESS'

Anima-Mundi is proud to present Abbie Trayler-Smith’s ‘After Darkness’, an extraordinary exhibition of photography capturing the devastating effects of Isis on the landscape and people of the region.

3 min read

New Museum·27 December 2018

12 Ways The Arts Can Encourage Climate Action

An art installation made with parts of Greenland’s ice cap in Paris at COP21 by Olafur Eliasson. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

5 min read

Humanitarian·24 September 2019

Places For People - Venice Architecture Biennale

Germany and Austria Will Address Refugee Crisis at 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale

ON Network · 1 min read

New Museum·23 November 2023

Francis Alys - to work with refugees

Francis Alÿs to work with refugees in Iraq and meet Isil’s victims

2 min read

New Museum·24 September 2019

David Nott on Desert Island Discs

He works across three London hospitals performing general, vascular, trauma & reconstructive surgery. In addition, for the past two decades, he's spent several weeks every year working in conflict zones around the world for Médecins…

1 min read

New Museum·16 May 2018

Global reasons to be cheerful - David Byrne

1. Healing the divide Georgetown is one of Texas’s most conservative suburbs, but gets all its electricity from renewable sources. Its mayor, Dale Ross, a Republican in what is considered oil country, made a decision in 2015. He ignored…

2 min read

New Museum·16 October 2025

Featured Archive Story: Ubuntu - I am because we are

An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an African tribe. He put a basket of fruit near a tree and told the children whoever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run they all took each others hands and ran…

2 min read

New Museum·27 November 2025

Featured: Utopia For Realists - and how we can get there.

Visited the Wellcome Collection yesterday and came away with Utopia For Realists (ON Ed) Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think you know. Rutger Bregman takes us on a journey…

1 min read

People continue to stand by refugees, Gen Z shows most empathy

Stories in this directory

The Promise: 75 Years of the Refugee Convention

Sir Ian McKellan recites Shakespeare on immigration

Earth needs a systems change that prioritises wellbeing

A World in Need of Poets

Why Neutrality Matters: Exploring the ICRC's Mission

The urgent need for disaster-resilient homes and schools

Comfort Ero President & CEO Crisis Group

Data reveals impacts of climate emergency on displacement

UN rights chief on Myanmar refugees and a future of ‘kindness, empathy and unity’

ShelterBox: What would you take?

UNHCR: World Refugee Day

Norwegian Refugee Council Chief Attention On Ukraine War Reveals Discrimination Against African Crises

Security Council ‘speaks with one voice for peace in Ukraine’

Refugee Week - Southbank Centre - Dance with Little Amal

UNHCR welcomes EU decision to offer temporary protection to refugees fleeing Ukraine

Global refugee pact: have countries made progress or are they dangerously off track?

Standing for the health of Palestine refugees, health care is a human right, not a privilege

A 12-Foot Puppet of a Syrian Girl Will Travel 5,000 Miles This Summer as Part of a Wildly Ambitious Art Project About the Plight of Refugees

Finland grants nearly EUR 70 million in humanitarian assistance to strengthen food security, support refugees and promote the rights of vulnerable people

EU allocates additional €3.5 million to support vulnerable refugees and migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina

EU extends humanitarian support for refugees in Turkey

Refugees&#x27; tents in Lebanon set on fire

Hundreds of People Protest in Valencia for Migrants Rights

Priya Burci: &#x27;Powercoders is really about empowering refugees&#x27;

Reimagining Museums for Climate Action

Syrian refugees help to rebuild Beirut when nobody else is prepared to do so

Refugees struggle to cope with the crisis.

First online university for refugees - Kiron Open Higher Education

The Art Newspaper: Banksy funds refugee rescue ship in Mediterranean

UN News: Learning from the pandemic

UNHCR offers practical recommendations in support of European countries to ensure access to asylum and safe reception

The librarian of Moria - and other tales of hope from the notorious refugee camp

We simply can’t turn our backs on vulnerable refugee children

Medecins Sans Frontieres: Rescuing refugees in the Mediterranean

ShelterBox in the Philippines

Former child refugee tracks down aid worker who gave her a bike

'Geek philanthropy': the gamers raising millions through marathon live streams

A personal and professional perspective on the school ‘climate strike’

Could this local experiment be the start of a national transformation?

Can Art Relax You?

Choose Love: The world's first store that sells real products for refugees

Beauty That Unites: Travels in the Marvelous Harmony of the Chinese people and Vatican Museums

Art can be a powerful medicine against dementia

Forest Bathing Is the New Global Phenomenon in Nature Therapy

Bee inspired: why Oslo has put ecological riches at the heart of the city

15,000 at Glastonbury set record for biggest human peace sign

Emergency Architects & Human Rights

COOL EARTH

Why Ikea&#x27;s Flatpack Refugee Shelter Won Design Of The Year

Artist John Akomfrah Wins Artes Mundi Prize - his work feels particularly urgent.

Franciscans International - A Voice At The United Nations

Claudia Sings Sunshine On A Rainy Day | WaterAid

EducAid - learning for life in Sierra Leone

A Sweet Gig: Danish Beekeeping Program Employs Refugees

Cahier Africain

A World Not Ours

Featured Story: A knowledge transporter in Afghanistan

Dancing out of poverty in South Africa

From freecycling to Fairphones: 24 ways to lead an anti-capitalist life in a capitalist world

Diverse candidates make history in US midterm elections

ABBIE TRAYLER-SMITH 'AFTER DARKNESS'

12 Ways The Arts Can Encourage Climate Action

Places For People - Venice Architecture Biennale

Francis Alys - to work with refugees

David Nott on Desert Island Discs

Global reasons to be cheerful - David Byrne

Featured Archive Story: Ubuntu - I am because we are

Featured: Utopia For Realists - and how we can get there.

Refugees' tents in Lebanon set on fire

Priya Burci: 'Powercoders is really about empowering refugees'

Why Ikea's Flatpack Refugee Shelter Won Design Of The Year