Dear John,

As you have seen in the news, the end of the pandemic is not yet in sight as it continues to threaten millions of lives around the world. Global support and solidarity are more urgent than ever.

Our thoughts are with the people of India, who are being hit with a new, devastating wave of COVID-19. Essential supplies like oxygen are running out, and there are not enough hospital beds. Like their neighbours in the host communities, refugees hosted in India are just as anxious about their own and their loved ones’ health and wellbeing. UNHCR is working to support refugees in accessing quality medical care and has scaled up life-saving basic assistance to the most vulnerable.

Cases are unfortunately still on the rise around the world, but vaccines offer some light at the end of the tunnel. Ensuring equal access to vaccines is a crucial test that we can’t afford to fail: we are not safe until everyone is safe.

The world’s 80 million forcibly displaced people who UNHCR serves are at the same risk of catching the virus as anyone else, but they are even more vulnerable. They are uprooted from their homes, mostly living in often crowded settlements in low- and middle-income countries where health facilities and workers are under unbearable pressure, and where access to national services is not guaranteed for them. On top, many also face a pandemic of poverty.

Refugees have already fled one crisis. We need your help to keep them safe from another. Your donation will allow UNHCR to protect refugees around the world by:

• Supporting with proper storage, access and distribution of vaccines
• Providing personal protective equipment for health care workers
• Training health care workers and equipping facilities with life-saving equipment, medicines and supplies
• Providing access to quality health services and accurate health messages, water, sanitation and hygiene, education, cash assistance and psychosocial care for the most vulnerable 

Refugees are scared for themselves, their families, friends and neighbours. We can provide urgent, life-saving help to protect them from the deadly threat of COVID-19.

But we can’t do this alone, John.

Please consider giving a monthly gift today.

Sincerely,