Lessons Learned from Serving the Health Needs

Georgetown University Students Learn the Health Needs of Underserved Populations and Encourage Refugees to Train in the Medical Field

In the 2020-2021 school year, 15 first-year medical students, many of whom were connected to the refugee community through personal or family experiences, selected the Refugee-focused CBL. The purpose of the course is two-fold:

sensitize medical students to the refugee populations they will serve in the future
create concrete solutions to some of the challenges identified

This year's group produced three short videos to help refugees understand how to navigate the U.S. pharmacy system. The students reflected on their learnings and shared them with TSOS.

Learn More about the Students who participated

What would you do if you had to leave everything behind?

By the end of 2025, more than 117.8 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced by war, persecution, or human rights abuses — and 45 million of them are children.

They arrive in refugee camps and countries seeking safety and carrying little: legal papers, if they're lucky. A backpack. A child's hand in theirs.

What they carry that we can't see is heavier: fractured families, homes they'll never return to, professions they loved, friends and relatives they may never see again.

In a climate where immigrant stories are often ignored or twisted, we believe stories are a form of justice. When someone shares what they survived, they reclaim their voice. When we amplify it through film, photography, and advocacy, the world listens. Hearts soften. Policy begins to shift.

Because when a lawmaker sees a person instead of a statistic, and a neighbor understands instead of fears, rebuilding becomes possible.

Your support helps us share these stories where they matter most.

— Kristen Smith Dayley, Executive Director, Their Story is Our Story

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