{"id":1273,"date":"2025-12-09T11:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T11:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2025-12-25T12:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T12:23:11","slug":"nansen-award-winners-show-compassion-for-refugees-is-far-from-fading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273","title":{"rendered":"Nansen Award Winners Show Compassion for Refugees Is Far from Fading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees<\/strong> (UNHCR) has announced the <strong>2025 Nansen Refugee Award<\/strong> laureates, spotlighting individuals and organizations whose compassion and solidarity continue to transform the lives of displaced people around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s award honours <strong>five exceptional leaders and initiatives<\/strong> from <strong>Cameroon, Mexico, Ukraine, Iraq, and Tajikistan<\/strong>, each recognised for extraordinary courage, empathy, and dedication to protecting refugees, internally displaced people, and the stateless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in <strong>1954<\/strong>, the Nansen Award celebrates those who go far beyond the call of duty in defending the rights and dignity of people forced to flee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UN High Commissioner for Refugees <strong>Filippo Grandi<\/strong> said the 2025 laureates demonstrate that humanity continues to shine, even in times of global uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s laureates remind us that, even in dark times, compassion remains undimmed. They embody the belief that every person forced to flee deserves dignity, safety and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Village That Refused to Turn People Away<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>2025 Global Laureate<\/strong>, <strong>Martin Azia Sodea<\/strong>, is a traditional leader from Cameroon whose actions have become a powerful symbol of solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When tens of thousands of refugees fleeing violence in the Central African Republic arrived in <strong>Gado-Badz\u00e9r\u00e9<\/strong>, Chief Sodea and his community made a decisive choice: <strong>no one would be turned away<\/strong>. Villagers shared land for housing and farming, helping more than <strong>36,000 refugees<\/strong> rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe are all human beings, and we have to take care of each other,\u201d he said, recalling how residents rescued exhausted refugees who collapsed along the road. \u201cThere is no distinction between refugees and the host population. We live together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>His leadership has inspired neighbouring communities and traditional leaders, reshaping attitudes toward refugees across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Regional Champions of Inclusion and Hope<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Four additional <strong>regional laureates<\/strong> were also recognised in 2025:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mexico:<\/strong> Business leader <strong>Pablo Moreno Cadena<\/strong> has championed refugee inclusion by encouraging major employer <strong>MABE<\/strong> to hire hundreds of refugees, demonstrating that integration strengthens both businesses and communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ukraine:<\/strong> The humanitarian organization <strong>Proliska<\/strong> continues to deliver life-saving assistance to millions, often reaching devastated areas within hours of shelling or air strikes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Iraq:<\/strong> <strong>Taban Shoresh<\/strong>, a genocide survivor, founded <strong>The Lotus Flower<\/strong>, which has supported over <strong>105,000 conflict survivors<\/strong> with protection, counselling, and livelihoods.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tajikistan:<\/strong> Afghan refugee <strong>Negara Nazari<\/strong> co-founded the <strong>Ariana Learning Centre<\/strong>, providing education to displaced Afghan children who had previously been denied schooling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Powerful Message in Difficult Times<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, the 2025 Nansen Award laureates send a clear message: <strong>kindness, courage, and inclusion can change lives<\/strong>. Even amid conflict, displacement, and uncertainty, their actions show that compassion for refugees is not fading \u2014 it is being renewed every day by ordinary people making extraordinary choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced the 2025 Nansen Refugee Award laureates, spotlighting individuals and organizations whose compassion and solidarity continue to transform the lives of displaced people around the world. This year\u2019s award honours five exceptional leaders and initiatives from Cameroon, Mexico, Ukraine, Iraq, and Tajikistan, each recognised for extraordinary [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-topics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nansen Award Winners Show Compassion for Refugees Is Far from Fading - Brussels for Human Rights and development<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nansen Award Winners Show Compassion for Refugees Is Far from Fading - Brussels for Human Rights and development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced the 2025 Nansen Refugee Award laureates, spotlighting individuals and organizations whose compassion and solidarity continue to transform the lives of displaced people around the world. This year\u2019s award honours five exceptional leaders and initiatives from Cameroon, Mexico, Ukraine, Iraq, and Tajikistan, each recognised for extraordinary [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Brussels for Human Rights and development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-09T11:37:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-25T12:23:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rf1470712_3g9a8388_2.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1180\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"765\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mahmoud gaber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mahmoud gaber\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"mahmoud gaber\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79996eca17712ae07e374aa4254d2593\"},\"headline\":\"Nansen Award Winners Show Compassion for Refugees Is Far from Fading\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-09T11:37:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-25T12:23:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273\"},\"wordCount\":445,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/rf1470712_3g9a8388_2.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Topics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273\",\"name\":\"Nansen Award Winners Show Compassion for Refugees Is Far from Fading - Brussels for Human Rights and development\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/rf1470712_3g9a8388_2.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-09T11:37:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-25T12:23:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79996eca17712ae07e374aa4254d2593\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/rf1470712_3g9a8388_2.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/rf1470712_3g9a8388_2.webp\",\"width\":1180,\"height\":765},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?p=1273#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nansen Award Winners Show Compassion for Refugees Is Far from Fading\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/\",\"name\":\"Brussels for Human Rights and development\",\"description\":\"Human Rights &amp; development\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79996eca17712ae07e374aa4254d2593\",\"name\":\"mahmoud gaber\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.brhrd.be\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nansen Award Winners Show Compassion for Refugees Is Far from Fading - Brussels for Human Rights and development","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nansen Award Winners Show Compassion for Refugees Is Far from Fading - Brussels for Human Rights and development","og_description":"The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced the 2025 Nansen Refugee Award laureates, spotlighting individuals and organizations whose compassion and solidarity continue to transform the lives of displaced people around the world. This year\u2019s award honours five exceptional leaders and initiatives from Cameroon, Mexico, Ukraine, Iraq, and Tajikistan, each recognised for extraordinary [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273","og_site_name":"Brussels for Human Rights and development","article_published_time":"2025-12-09T11:37:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-25T12:23:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1180,"height":765,"url":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rf1470712_3g9a8388_2.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"mahmoud gaber","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mahmoud gaber","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273"},"author":{"name":"mahmoud gaber","@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/#\/schema\/person\/79996eca17712ae07e374aa4254d2593"},"headline":"Nansen Award Winners Show Compassion for Refugees Is Far from Fading","datePublished":"2025-12-09T11:37:25+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-25T12:23:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273"},"wordCount":445,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rf1470712_3g9a8388_2.webp","articleSection":["Topics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273","url":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273","name":"Nansen Award Winners Show Compassion for Refugees Is Far from Fading - Brussels for Human Rights and development","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rf1470712_3g9a8388_2.webp","datePublished":"2025-12-09T11:37:25+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-25T12:23:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/#\/schema\/person\/79996eca17712ae07e374aa4254d2593"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rf1470712_3g9a8388_2.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rf1470712_3g9a8388_2.webp","width":1180,"height":765},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1273#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nansen Award Winners Show Compassion for Refugees Is Far from Fading"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/","name":"Brussels for Human Rights and development","description":"Human Rights &amp; development","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/#\/schema\/person\/79996eca17712ae07e374aa4254d2593","name":"mahmoud gaber","url":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1275,"href":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions\/1275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}