Refugee Story

"Of the 71 million forcibly displaced people in the world, 41 million are displaced within their own countries..."

I pray most of all for my children who are still in Afghanistan and Iran.

"He left me with two babies and went to Libya ... I wemt to Libya, but I didn't find him."

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

Whilst safe from the Myanmar military in the camps, Rohingya women remain at risk due to gender-based and sexual violence, discrimination, human trafficking and health problems

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.

The first to see the magic - the last to lose hope

In the constitution, on paper, women have equal rights with men, but in reality, they have no rights there.

Until contention, rumors of conflict, angry politics and war triggered fear and anxiety

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!"

Forced to be a rebel then a spy, Leonard was protected by the pygmies

Amina is one of countless indomitable refugee mothers in the world

Refugees and advocates ran or walked from George Washington University to Lincoln Memorial (approximately 2 miles) as part of an annual event in celebration of World Refugee Day. An Afghan family from Kabul seeking refuge in Frankfurt, Germany, would have to walk almost 4300 miles. That distance is the equivalent of walking from Boston, Massachusettes to San Diego, California, then up the West Coast past Seattle, Washington to the Canadian border.

The people of Europe, they that think that we just came here to look for money. No!

The people that transport you, they don’t show love.