Ethnic/Racial Persecution

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Esther  ·  Mexico

I Am Not the Enemy

They are Targeting People in the Workplace Doing Good Things
ShaNa Be
ShaNa Be  ·  Myanmar

Being a Working Mom in America

“I try the best I can. It’s hard with 5 kids.”
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Htay Mo  ·  Myanmar

We Don’t Have to Run Anymore

A family flees from genocide in Myanmar
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Hau Lian Saang  ·  Myanmar

I Want to Depend on Myself

A refugee from Myanmar works hard to learn English and get educated in the US
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Louise  ·  Democratic Republic of the Congo

From Refugee Camp to Building a Community

A refugee from the DRC builds support for others through community health
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Souleyman  ·  Sudan

Surviving Darfur

We Left it All to Save Our Lives
Andrea
Andrea Osorio  ·  Colombia
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Sonam  ·  Tibet
Maddie and Wilmot Collins - Mayor
Wilmot & Maddie Collins  ·  Liberia

I'm Here To Listen

Wilmot Collins - Mayor of Helena, Montana
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Pat  ·  A West African Country

The Journey: My Heart Felt Dead

So the man started flogging me. See the scars? All over my body!
PHYSICAL HEALTH ROHINGYA BURN VICTIM
Rohingya Child - Unaccompanied Children  ·  Myanmar

Arrival: Physical Health

"Refugees have often known extreme hunger, sleeplessness, frostbite, sunstroke, ... various sicknesses and ailments that have gone untreated during long periods preceding their flight and during the journey itself..."
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Stateless Refugees - Cox Bazaar  ·  Myanmar

Arrival: Limbo

"Of the 71 million forcibly displaced people in the world, 41 million are displaced within their own countries..."
OUR LIVES BEFORE NO FAULT OF OUR OWN ROHINGYA CHILDREN
Rohingya Children  ·  Myanmar

Stateless and Homeless Through Birth

The first to see the magic - the last to lose hope
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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.

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

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