Volunteer Story

Andrea Osorio · Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Where You Are Needed
Maybe it's not about what you want to become, it's about where you're needed.

Iraq
Using Personal Experiences to Help Refugee Women
Women of the World

Germany
I Organized a Refugee Support Group
In the end you will be judged by the fullness of your heart.

United States
She Established a Library for Refugees
I’m thankful to be a small part of this.

Christine Dolan · United Kingdom
I Was Called the Sock Ambassador
There are many desperate people…

United States
Bikes for Refugees
“We’re your friends, so let’s break down the walls”

The Art Creates Support for Families and Children
When I dropped off my first carload … I asked, “May I stay and help?”

Afghanistan
Children Show Us What Humanity Means
Their future is uncertain, and their past is gone forever.

United States
On the Right Side of History
I organized parents; Ben organized students and faculty.

United States
Our Effort Started from Nothing, Now Look What's Happened
One person can make a difference.

Italy
Hatred Can Be Turned Into Love
I graduate in June. I’m not going to leave working with refugees behind.

Russia
They Looked Different from Us
“I decided then and there I wanted to become involved in helping refugees.”

United States
They Could Easily Become My Friends
… we were interacting with the refugees on a one-to-one basis

United Kingdom
Tolerance Doesn't Help Much
It’s the situation that is the horrible… thing. It’s not the people in it.

United Kingdom
HEATHER
What we try to hand out is [empathy from] a human to a human.

United Kingdom
KELVIN
People were … going up and down in their daily lives, not noticing, not seeing.

Dignity
Our inherent value and worth as human beings.

I Am More Than a Number
Watch me fold this plane…

United States
KAYRA
Art to help refugees