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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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Aws  ·  Iraq

LGBTQ Activist Risks Arrest and Deportation to Help Other Refugees

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Katya Niporka  ·  Ukraine

I Will Stay in Kiev

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Two High School Students Distribute Hope

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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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Julia  ·  Ukraine

In France, We Were All Greeted Very Warmly and Cordially

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Andrea Osorio  ·  Colombia

The Struggle for Limited Resources

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Marina  ·  Ukraine

As We Crossed the Border There Were Warm Tents and Food

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Mykola  ·  Ukraine

I Had Only Five Minutes to Say Goodbye to My Family

I don't know how to shoot. I’ve held a gun once in my life and shot two times, which was a long time ago.
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Anna Sehal  ·  Ukraine

We Needed to Act to Save Our Lives

We didn't want to be brave. We just had no choice.
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Mariia  ·  Ukraine

We Are a Welcoming Community

When a choir becomes a family
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Aline Irafasha  ·  Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Process of a Healing Journey

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Mahsa Ahmadi  ·  Afghanistan

You are Human, You Have to Feel Things

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One Family Gives Back

We can’t keep everything for ourselves. We pray that the foundation will grow because the people of Afghanistan, they need help now.
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Jhennyfer and Carlos  ·  Venezuela

Outside the Land that Gave Us Everything

Nowadays, the journalist is persecuted and intimidated, and tortured for showing reality in a photo or image.
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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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