Information on UNHCR’s business partnerships can be found on its corporate partnerships web page. The following resources are required to support UNHCR’S emergency response activities:

>           Cash (preferred)

>           Support for raising awareness and free media space

>           Transport and logistics

>           Shelter materials

>           Kitchen items and cooking supplies

>           Medicines/first aid

>           Educational materials

>           Water pumps and generators

Before contacting UNHCR regarding an in-kind donation, please read the section of this guide entitled “Contributions that cannot be accepted” in “How Can My Company Help?”

UNHCR accepts cash contributions from business on its website .

UNHCR works in partnership with a number of companies on an on-going basis to address the social challenges defined under the Millennium Development Goals. These comprehensive relationships are designed to achieve concrete results, utilise the skills and core competencies of the business, provide mutual benefit, and are particularly valued by the partner company for the positive effect on employee morale and pride.  UNHCR also accepts contributions of in-kind goods or services deemed to meet the identified needs of refugees and the organisation.  UNHCR seeks to establish partnerships well before an emergency to ensure the proper planning required for emergency situations. Typical in-kind contributions accepted by UNHCR are worth US$50,000 - US$1million.

If you wish to support UNHCR please visit its corporate partnerships web page or click here for corporate contributions contact information.

Contacts:

Olivier Delarue, Senior Corporate Relations Officer, UNHCR Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

+41 22 739 8499, donors@unhcr.org     

Nestlé (Switzerland):

A collaborative partnership to provide safe and sustainable water sources to Somali refugees and the local population in the Jijiga region of Eastern Ethiopia. The project activities range from water trucking to populations not yet reached by piped water (with all necessary logistical arrangements and accompanying road improvements) to fine-tuning of a complex water supply system. Nestlé has funded these regional water activities, provided free access to technical laboratories for testing water quality and contributed employee know-how to this partnership.

Microsoft EMEA (France):

The partnership between Microsoft and UNHCR is based on a shared vision and specific goals, in particular, for:

(i) enhancing UNHCR’s technological capacity through sharing of  knowledge and expertise between Microsoft employees and UNHCR’s IT team currently deploying a new refugee registration platform;
(ii) bringing the benefit of technology solutions to refugee communities to help improve their standard of living, education and job prospects; and
(iii) contributing to a better overall understanding of the refugee cause.

Nike EMEA (The Netherlands):

The partnership exists to address systemic barriers to empowerment faced by refugee girls.  The objective is to build a partnership that reinforces and enhances sports as a tool to promote girls’ integration in education and allows them to take leadership roles to facilitate peace and stability in their communities. The project is being piloted in Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.