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Sayed Matin Hussainy
Sayed Matin Hussainy  ·  Afghanistan

Pushing Forward and Seeking Virtue When Life Takes a Turn

Faiz and Nathan
Faiz and Nathan  ·  Sudan

Everyone Needs a Friend

Sarah Ingabire
Sarah Ingabire  ·  Rwanda

A Refugee Shares Both the Hard and Good From Her Experience in Foster Care

Dhulfiqar Al Hamawendi
Dhulfiqar Al Hamawendi  ·  Iraq

You Will Get Far but You Need Help at First

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Fahreed Poya  ·  Afghanistan

A Little Help Goes a Long Way for Refugee Families

Abdu Wali Kakaie
Abdu Wali Kakaie  ·  Afghanistan

There is Freedom Here, but I Miss My Wife

Catholic Community Services Works to Reunite a Family Separated by War
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Abdifitah  ·  Somalia

I Would Like To Own My Own Business Again

Catholic Community Services helps Somali man with credentials and employment, after reuniting him with his wife.
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Aws  ·  Iraq

LGBTQ Activist Risks Arrest and Deportation to Help Other Refugees

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Jahan Ara Rafi  ·  Afghanistan

When Raising Her Voice Didn’t Work, Refugee Woman Turns to Art

Alexandra Acosta
Alexandra Acosta  ·  Venezuela

A Young Venezuelan Mother Makes Art and a Better Life

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Mahsa Ahmadi  ·  Afghanistan

An Afghan Refugee with the Courage and Wisdom to be Herself and Follow Her Dreams

Alla Mashkey
Alla Mashkey  ·  Ukraine

I’m in a Strange Country with Strange People

A Ukrainian grandmother tells her story of escaping Kharkiv at the start of the Russian invasion
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Katya Niporka  ·  Ukraine

I Will Stay in Kiev

Seyi Ajani-Oyebanre
Seyi Ajani-Oyebanre  ·  Ukraine

We Took Our Own Path

A Nigerian couple, medical doctors, living in Ukraine tell their harrowing story of how they fought to stay together with their three kids.
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Anoushy and Noor

Two High School Students Distribute Hope

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Yalda Royan  ·  Afghanistan

Women’s Rights Activist Must Choose to Stay and Die or Leave and Live

Afghan Women Who Stand for Civil Liberties Face Becoming Refugees
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Nezia  ·  Burundi

Don't Be Afraid and Don't Let Go

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Lark Escobar  ·  United States

Veterans Support Afghan Allies When Government Fails

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Amy Underwood  ·  United States

Their Family Became Ours

Josh Mojica
Josh Mojica  ·  United States

Organizing Aid and Filling the Gaps

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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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