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Olivier Delarue ninemillion.org Team Leader UNHCR HQ Geneva, Switzerland |
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How you can help
It doesn't take much to make a difference.
 Get Involved Visit ninemillion.org Wear a T-shirt Tell a Friend Make a donation Buy a SLRAS CD Visit nine-million.spaces.live.com |
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ninemillion.org
Venezuela/Colombian refugee children in El Nula, Apure state, near the Colombian border/UNHCR/X. Creach/Sept. 2006
Nine million faces. Nine million names. Nine million forgotten children. ninemillion.org is the UN Refugee Agency-led campaign launched earlier this year to raise awareness and funds to help educate and offer sport programs for some nine million refugee youth around the world, many of whom are forced to spend years of their young lives away from home with little hope of returning. What happens to them now, during their years as refugees, is up to all of us. Help them learn. Help them play.
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ninemillion.org Funds Raised
Fund-raising is vital to the success of ninemillion.org, and the group is well on its way to raising the first US$1 million which will be matched by the Nike Foundation. But there is much to be done. Recruiting efforts have helped gain the support of celebrities such as Eminem, who recently auctioned a set of limited edition Nike Air Max shoes, and musical group, the Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, whose new CD helps support the refugee cause. Additional funds for ninemillion.org are being raised through a variety of creative methods - Auctions, Events, Foundations, Online, T-shirt sales, and other creative ideas from you.
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Programs Phase 1
Sierra Leone / Jimmi Bagbo & Largo Refugee Camps / UNHCR / Chisholm-Behring
Two-thirds of funds raised through ninemillion.org will be used for education projects, while the remaining one-third will fund sport and play programs, with an emphasis on getting girls involved. Phase 1 - Programs that quickly improve the lives of refugee children in Azerbaijan, Thailand and Uganda.
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Programs Phase 2
Tanzania / World Refugee Day / Nike balls in Lugufu camp / UNHCR / Anne Marie Bourgeouisie / June 20, 2006
Two thirds of funds raised through ninemillion.org will be used for education and micro-enterprise projects while the remaining one-third will fund sport and play programs, with an emphasis on getting girls involved. Phase 2 - Long-term sustainable programs are based on the countries identified by the UNHCR to have the greatest need. Uganda is one such example.
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Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars (SLRAS)
Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars & ninemillion.org / JANE RICHEY / 2006
"We are all, the world over, touched by the refugee experience," said Wendy Chamberlin, Deputy High Commissioner for the UNHCR. "The story and the music of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars bring that experience to a level of deep emotional connection fueled with reality and hope".
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ninemillion.org in the UK
Manchester England / During the Barclays Premiership match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford / Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images / September 17, 2006
ninemillion.org in the UK -- from media events to football games to concerts.
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ninemillion.org and You
Get involved. Visit ninemillion.org. Learn about the education and sport needs of refugee children. Make a donation. Wear a T-shirt. Buy a Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars CD. Reach out to organizations in your community that serve the needs of resettled refugees.
Visit MSN’s nine-million Live Space. You, your friends and colleagues can help ninemillion.org create an online community to tell the world that we are committed to providing education and sport programs for the nine million refugee children, a global issue. Go online. Add your comments to the live blog, create your own space, and sign the guest book. Be inspired to share the ninemillion.org message with others. A friend. A co-worker. A child. All of whom may, for the first time, be learning about the circumstances of nine million children who are living as refugees in the world today. We need as many of you as possible to get involved! It’s hard to know how to help these children when you’re just one person, but it doesn’t take much. Each and every one of us can make a difference. Help us to get nine million people to tell the world that they care about these children. One for each refugee child. |
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