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Céline Schmitt
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Humanitarian, currently in Syria. Strategic Partnership Adviser, @unhcr.org in Afghanistan
#withrefugees #climatechange #climateaction

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ce-schmitt/
Access to safe and adequate housing is one of the most immediate needs of people returning to Syria.

Access to housing, land and property is a key area of work to make the return sustainable.

@unhcr.org is scaling up its legal aid program and supports capacity building of the Cadastral Offices.
February 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
270,000 Syrian refugees returned home since the fall of the Assad regime.

According to our latest survey on return intentions, many more plan to return in the next year.

Major obstacles to return include: available housing, property rights, safety, access to basic services, economic challenges.
February 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
“The need to ease the suffering of Syrians cannot wait.”

This week, Gonzalo Vargas Llosa addressed the Committee on Development @europarl.europa.eu on behalf of the humanitarian community in Syria as acting UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator.

📹: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
January 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
We arrived in Syria through the border with Lebanon with Filippo Grandi @unhcr.org.

We met Qasem and his daughter, who had just crossed the border to return home.

Qasem was a refugee for 12 years. He told us that he now feels safe to return and wants to rebuild his life in his country.
January 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Quel courage qui suscite l’admiration. Ce courage qui a traversé les frontières.

Vous l’avez fait pour nous toutes et pour nos filles.

« Pour que la honte change de camp ».

Merci Madame pour votre volonté sans faille de faire connaître la vérité.

📰 La Une de Vogue en Allemagne.
December 21, 2024 at 11:36 AM
❄️ Beautiful snowy mountains this morning before landing in Kabul. Snow is good for the soil and agriculture.

But temperatures are already dropping - 1 during the night.

Now is the time to support Afghans to keep warm and safe during the winter, after decades of crisis including climate shocks.
November 24, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Afghanistan is among the top 10 countries most impacted by climate change.

Investment + decisive action are needed to support climate adaptation & mitigation.

Collectively we have to make sure that the most vulnerable communities affected by climate shocks are not left behind. #COP29

🎥 June 2024
November 21, 2024 at 3:45 PM