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UNHCR pleads for urgent winter funding as donor support drops

The agency is launching its global winter fundraising campaign to raise at least $35 million for refugees globally.

Three villagers in Ukraine's Kyiv Oblast receive winter kits from UNHCR and local partner Right to Protection in 2023 so they can insulate their damaged home.
Three villagers in Ukraine's Kyiv Oblast receive winter kits from UNHCR and local partner Right to Protection in 2023 so they can insulate their damaged home. (AN/© UNHCR/Iryna Tymchyshyn)

GENEVA (AN) — Millions of refugees and people displaced within their own nations face a punishing winter with severely diminished aid, UNHCR warned, citing plummeting humanitarian funds globally.

The agency launched its global winter fundraising campaign on Tuesday to raise at least $35 million to help forcibly displaced families and returnees in hard-hit locations.

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