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I am responsible for the welfare of my children.

I’m Worried about My Family

​Ualda comes from a world where it is dangerous for a woman to be educated or outspoken.

Our greatest weapon against all workers of terror is love.

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.

I came from Syria from the city of Aleppo. I was a math teacher in Aleppo’s high schools.

We hope for peace, friendship, good behavior and good treatment. And my wish is peace.

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.

Hassan asks: "In times of war, are we in control of our destiny?"

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.

STORY UPDATE: Akhtar is an expert craftsman in marble and granite. His life's work. All gone.

I am from Afghanistan and I am 18 years old. I want to tell my story of my journey to Europe.

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.

We had an 8-year-old daughter, which the Taliban came and kidnapped from in front of our house.

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.

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.

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.

I don't want to ever go back to the sea.

Ahmed was shot twice by police as he crossed borders with his children.

Ellin met some local refugees at a gathering in August 2016, and now helps them practice English weekly at their family home.