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East African Refugee Goat Project of Utah
This video highlights some of the ways the goats are helping the three communities transition from their old lives in Africa to their new ones in America.
Syria
My Children's Childhood Has Gone with The War
I came from Syria from the city of Aleppo. I was a math teacher in Aleppo’s high schools.
Afghanistan
I am a Refugee Child
We hope for peace, friendship, good behavior and good treatment. And my wish is peace.
Afghanistan
If Peace Returns, We Will Go Back
If peace returns to Afghanistan one day, we will definitely go back. I had a peaceful and good life there. I had a house and a job.
Syria
"Are We in Control of Our Destiny?"
Hassan asks: "In times of war, are we in control of our destiny?"
Syria
KAMIL
Kamil was born a refugee, as was his father, Akhtar. His Palestinian grandparents fled to Syria in the late 1940’s and raised their family in Yarmouk, a thriving, almost exclusively Palestinian suburb of Damascus.
Syria
AKHTAR
STORY UPDATE: Akhtar is an expert craftsman in marble and granite. His life's work. All gone.
Afghanistan
My Name is Roksana
I am from Afghanistan and I am 18 years old. I want to tell my story of my journey to Europe.
Syria
Holding On
They live in uncertainty, but are remarkably resilient and cheerful in bad conditions. They hold up the best they can, and cling to the most important things - loved ones, faith, and hope.
Afghanistan
The Taliban Kidnapped Our Daughter
We had an 8-year-old daughter, which the Taliban came and kidnapped from in front of our house.
Syria
Abdul Nasser
Dr. Abdul Nasser Kaadan, of Aleppo Syria, is a highly regarded physician and scholar. But his honors, credentials, and vital work could not keep him safe in his home country.
Afghanistan
BARAAT
My name is Baraat and I am here in this camp with my wife and three kids. We left our country seeking a better place, and not as the helpless refugees we are now.
Afghanistan
James
James has survived two bombings, a stabbing, the murder of his small son and gunmen opening fire at his front door. He and his wife and two surviving children hope to find peace and security in Europe. They have been in camps in Greece since April, 2016.
Zarrin · Afghanistan
The Journey: The Sea Was Like a Storm
I don't want to ever go back to the sea.
Afghanistan
Ahmed
Ahmed was shot twice by police as he crossed borders with his children.
United States
Familiar Faces
Ellin met some local refugees at a gathering in August 2016, and now helps them practice English weekly at their family home.
Unaccompanied Minors
In 2015, 10,000 vulnerable minors disappeared in the overwhelming immensity of the refugee humanitarian crisis.
United States
Mama Bear
Lisa Campbell, Director of Operations for NPO "Do Your Part," doesn't run a charity, she runs a small self-governing, self-reliant community.
Life Vests
"I am struck by what it must have represented to the man, woman, or child who wrapped themselves in these life vests and pushed off from their home continent."
Afghanistan
Musa
"I got attacked two times. The first attack was normal. A rocket just came and went in one window and came out another. Then I was leaving one province and going to another province, I got attacked there by an RPG."
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