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Alexandra Acosta · Venezuela

A Young Venezuelan Mother Makes Art and a Better Life

Andrea Osorio · Colombia

The Struggle for Limited Resources

Felipe Fernando Silva Ramos · Venezuela

They are People that God Placed in my Path

It is not easy to have no family nearby, to start from zero, completely alone.

Carlos Arturo Albino Reyes · Venezuela

The Voice of My People

I had a meeting with Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, and he insulted me.

Giovanny Francisco Torrealba Ramirez · Venezuela

Help Me to Keep Helping

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?

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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