Hike to Help Refugees, a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, has been educating communities about and raising funds for UNHCR since 2002. Our dedicated community of volunteers from Nebraska and Iowa exists to support the humanitarian work of the United Nations Refugee Agency which provides protection, shelter, food, water, sanitation and medical care to more than 34 million refugees world wide.

Hikers obtain sponsors to help raise money for refugees. This year's event is May 22 - 29. Participants hike a day, weekend or full week.

100% of the sponsorship money will be used to provide emergency relief services such as protection, shelter, water, food and sanitation.

“As the number of humanitarian emergencies grows, UNHCR is increasingly in need of funds that can be used at a moments’ notice to respond to urgent and unanticipated needs with agility and grace.”

Caitlin VanOrden
USA for UNHCR.

USA for UNHCR

The United States Association for UNHCR (USA for UNHCR) supports the UN Refugee Agency’s humanitarian work to protect and assist refugees around the world. The organization strives to meet the unmet needs of the world’s most vulnerable people, building support and awareness in the United States for UNHCR’s life-saving relief programs. www.unrefugees.org

UNHCR

Established by the UN General Assembly in 1950, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) protects refugees in 111 countries around the world. In fact, UNHCR is the only agency with the specific world mandate to help refugees and resolve their plight.

Recycle 4 Refugees

Recycle 4 Refugees collects and recycles small electronics, donating 100 % of the money earned to USA for UNHCR.  You can help by sponsoring a collection box at your business, school, and place of worship, or handing out postage-paid envelopes to your friends, co-workers, and family so they can send in their own electronics.  Recycle 4 Refugees pays for postage to ship the recyclables, so all you do is collect the following items:  cell phones, PDAs, iPods, DVDs, video games and video game consoles, digital cameras, inkjet and toner cartridges, and laptops (no peripherals.)  It’s a service project that can be easily adapted to the classroom or the boardroom.
 
Recycle 4 Refugees helps refugees and helps the environment – join us today!  For more information please contact Mary L. Umberger at mlumberger@cox.net or call 402-558-9363.