Why refugees can’t always make the long trek home
“There’s no place like home.” That’s what Dorothy famously said in the 1939 film, “The Wizard of Oz.” Decades later those words are still being sewn onto pillows and mounted on walls. But for refugees around the world, it’s more than just a popular catchphrase. It’s a...
Love your neighbor: Ready, set, ACTION!
Are you ready for a little honesty? Before working at World Help, I had a certain mindset toward charities and nonprofits. I’d see a commercial about starving children or notice a colorful pamphlet depicting the struggles of refugees and always have the same reaction....
Too traumatized to speak: life as a child refugee
CRASH! Nabil had never heard such a loud and terrifying noise before. When the dust and smoke settled, he could see the early morning sunlight pouring in where the ceiling of his house had been just seconds before. Fragments of a missile littered the rubble. As the...
3 prayers to pray for a refugee
“I used to live a normal, quiet life with my family …” Lina’s sentiments are echoed by refugees worldwide. You’ve seen the piles of rubble on the evening news. Images of families displaced from their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs....
Refugee couples: all they have is each other — and you
“… to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part.” When you take your wedding vows, you probably don’t think “for worse” will involve losing your home,...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.