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Ghazal wishes she could go to school, but now spends her time staying fit and sharing the one bicycle with the other kids in her camp.

Omed was beat up and picked on because he is from a tribe discriminated against by terrorists, and because his sister works and his mother was a teacher.

​The East African Refugee Goat Project, which leases goats to large companies for an eco-friendly form of weed control, creates jobs for refugees who help tend the goats.

His musical notoriety brought condemnation from ISIS, which banned western music. So they torched his piano.

For most, running water was a common convenience that was taken for granted.

These people have all waited and worried and waited for 12 months or more for this day.

Rasheeda kneeled despite physical pain caused by her exodus from Afghanistan.

Not concerned with what is the latest in popularity or any rite of passage, Firuzeh simply searched for shoes that fit.

Jalil was 23 years old he drowned last month in Greece

Rushte had turned her paper over and drawn what was in her heart and in her head...such a disconnect to the smile on her face!

Azim's father was killed by terrorists and his sisters were poisoned at school because they were girls.

"My family lives in western Iraq under the control of ISIS so whenever I see something in the news that has happened in Syria, I feel like my family is affected."

Amina & her son are now in their third camp. Intellect on hold, school on hold.

"Our three year old boy got stuck on the other side of the border. He was gone for two days before we could pay a smuggler to get him back to us."

Sultan and Suleiman braved the 4,000 mile journey from Afghanistan to Germany.

All of us, whatever our circumstances, need help sometimes. We all have pain. We all have need.