UN refugee aid
| UN refugee aid | |
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| legal form | non-profit registered association |
| founding | 1980 |
| Seat | Bonn ( ⊙ ) |
| precursor | German Foundation for UN Refugee Aid |
| purpose | Protection of refugees |
| method | Funds passed on to the UNHCR |
| Chair | Bernd Schlegel |
| Managing directors | Peter Ruhenstroth-Bauer |
| sales | 33,011,107 euros (2018) |
| Employees | 36 (2018) |
| Members | 96 (2017) |
| Website | www.uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de |
The UN refugee aid e. V. is a German association based in Bonn . It is the German partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR . Since 1980, UN Refugee Aid has been a non-profit organization for people on the move worldwide and supports refugee projects in Germany.
history
The association was founded as the German Foundation for UN Refugee Aid in Bonn in 1980. A call by the UNHCR ( United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) for refugees in Somalia was the starting point. As an international organization, the UNHCR cannot accept tax-privileged donations in Germany. Establishing as an association, which was then recognized as a non-profit, solved the problem. In the first few years the association's work was done entirely on a voluntary basis. With increasing financial resources, an office with full-time employees was set up. In 2004 the association was renamed UNO-Refugee Aid eV. In addition, a foundation was established, the UN Refugee Aid Foundation, in order to secure the work of the NGO to support refugees in the long term.
aims
It is the aim of the NGO to protect the lives of refugees and to contribute to the fact that refugees can lead a decent life and can take their fate into their own hands again.
(1) Mobilizing civil society to provide financial support for UNHCR's worldwide life-saving operations is one of the key tasks. (2) In addition, projects for refugees in Germany are financially supported. Here, the focus of project funding is on providing refugees with advice and support, e.g. B. in the areas of legal and asylum procedures or health promotion, to support in a self-determined life. Those in particular need of protection, such as women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities, are most severely affected by flight and displacement, which is why projects for this group of people and projects in structurally weak areas are given preference. (3) The task of UN Refugee Aid is also to provide information about flight, the fate of flight and the causes of flight and numerous public relations measures, e.g. B. mobilizing schools to help raise awareness among civil society.
Support for the UNHCR and projects in Germany
Contributions from members, but in particular donations from civil society from individuals and companies, made it possible in 2017 to support the work of the UNHCR with 21 million euros and projects for refugees in Germany with 1 million euros. The NGO has been awarded the DZI donation seal since 2003 . The association is also a member of the Transparent Civil Society initiative initiated by Transparency International Germany .
society
The honorary board of directors of UN refugee aid is elected by the general assembly. Bernd Schlegel has been CEO since 2010. Bernhard von Grünberg has also been the deputy chairperson since 2010 and Rita Kühn, managing director of profamilia NRW, since 2018. The Supervisory Board included Dominik Bartsch, Günter Burkhardt, Wolfgang Grenz, Martin Schmidt, Serdar Yüksel and Ioanna Zacharaki. Peter Ruhenstroth-Bauer is the full-time managing director.
supporter
Traditionally, the President of the Bundestag takes on the patronage of the association. Since November 2017, President of the Bundestag Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble patron of UN refugee aid. From 2005 to 2017 this was Norbert Lammert . Editha Limbach was the chairwoman of the honorary board from 1998 to 2010 . Prominent supporters include the actors Angelina Jolie , Cate Blanchett , Friederike Kempter and Benno Fürmann , the writer Khaled Hosseini and the presenter Khadra Sufi .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Declaration of commitment to transparent civil society. In: uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ The UN refugee aid at a glance. In: uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ a b The UN refugee aid - the German partner of the UNHCR. In: uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
- ^ UNO refugee aid eV In: dzi.de. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ New patron of UN refugee aid: Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble. In: uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Prominent supporters. In: uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .