UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, has partnered with Right To Play, Nike and Microsoft via MSN to launch a global awareness campaign, ninemillion.org, to provide education and sport for the world's 9 million refugee youth.

Donations raised through the campaign will support learning and play through:

• access to education and IT skills training
• access to customized sport and play programs
• gender sensitivity and peace education programs for war-torn communities

Learn more about ninemillion.org

I moved here with my family in 2000.
My family is planning to move to the United States,
but I would like to return to Myanmar some day. My favorite football player is Ronaldo. I like to play
football because it makes me happy and strong.

Meet other refugee youth

After realizing the word "refugee" means nothing to many, the ninemillion.org team headed to three different regions for 15 days to discover the people behind the word. Their range of experiences showed them that, while culture, age and race varies from place to place, refugee children's love of learning and play is universal.

Discover the team's experiences

Teach others that education and sport play is a critical role in giving refugee children the incentive and discipline to grow and rebuild their lives. Transform the lives of nine million refugee children.

Pass the ball

Someone who flees his or her country because of well founded fear of persecution. Today, UNHCR cares for 20.8 million people in 117 countries: refugees, internally displaced persons, returnees, asylum seekers and other categories. Nine million of them are refugee youth who need your help. The figures here illustrate the severity of the problem.

UNHCR has counted 20.8 million refugees worldwide, of which:

• 9,022,778 are children
• 2,053,100 are "stateless people"
• 839,200 are "asylum seekers" who have fled their own country for fear of persecution

Learn the facts

$25 = sends one refugee girl to school for a year
$50 = provides a refurbished computer to a refugee school
$100 = supports education and sport-based programs
$275 = trains one new refugee teacher for a community school
$500 = buys 25 sport equipment kits for health programs

We can't do it without you.

Donate today