Refugee Woman of the Year 2022 is Lama Kourdi

From war-torn Syria to wintery Finland It is the year 2015. A woman arrives in ...

Refugees of the Year 2022 have been announced

Finnish Refugee Council has chosen Lama Kourdi, from Tampere, as the Refugee Woman of the ...

The coronavirus pandemic has increased refugees’ vulnerability in FRC’s operating countries

During the coronavirus pandemic, refugees have been increasingly vulnerable in refugee camps over the past ...

Education provides a better future for refugee women in Uganda

Literacy and education open opportunities for refugee women and mothers to build a better future ...

There is room to dream and develop important skills at FRC’s Youth Center in Nakivale, Uganda

Uganda is one of the largest refugee-hosting nations in the world, with over 1.45 million ...

Finnish Refugee Council’s panel discussion on functional adult literacy in the European Humanitarian Forum

Finnish Refugee Council participated in the European Humanitarian Forum, which took place in Brussels from ...

FRC worker forced to flee in the middle of Myanmar’s crisis: “I hope the world will not forget the young people of our country”

In May 2021, Endurance May, (name changed), one of Finnish Refugee Council’s employees in Myanmar, ...

Finnish Refugee Council participates in reducing gender-based violence

According to the UN refugee agency UNHCR, one in five forcibly displaced women have faced ...

”Now I can give back to others”, tells Furaha Ceru Olive, a participant in the Financial Literature Training

Uganda hosts the fourth-largest number of refugees out of all countries in the world. The ...

Finnish Refugee Council’s operations offer participation and education possibilities for disabled refugees

According to World Health Organization (WHO), around 7-10 percent of the world’s population are disabled. ...