Raouf Mazou

Founded in 1950, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is an organization dedicated to saving lives and protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people. The private company is based in Washington, DC and has subsidiaries in Lebanon. It leads international action to protect people forced to flee due to conflict and persecution, providing life-saving assistance such as shelter, food, and water, and works to safeguard fundamental human rights. UNHCR also develops solutions to ensure people have a safe place to call home and works to grant nationality to stateless individuals.