Political Instability

Rosie Par

Diary of An Afghan Woman

Diary of An Afghan Woman

Diary of An Afghan Woman

Diary of An Afghan Woman

We walked until we thought we must be lost. A truck driver gave me a ride. It took seven hours. Can you imagine how many days that would have taken to walk?

Here I can make my own life

Wilmot Collins - Mayor of Helena, Montana

I had no rights, no freedom to choose my path.

"Refugees have often known extreme hunger, sleeplessness, frostbite, sunstroke, ... various sicknesses and ailments that have gone untreated during long periods preceding their flight and during the journey itself..."

"I only want to be treated like a human being. I just want to be free and to live in peace and safety..."

We lived peacefully. But when gang members wanted me to sell drugs in the middle of my fruit, I said, “No.”

If you have a child, you will understand how I feel.

I have missed three years of their lives. I will never get them back.

I kept thinking, "I will be dead; I'm not going to make it!"