What’s the Difference Between a Refugee and a Displaced Person?
Do you know the difference between a refugee and a displaced person? According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), “A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence.” Refugees are often targeted because...
What the global refugee crisis looks like in these 5 countries — and how you can help
Imagine being forced to flee your home with nothing but what you could grab in just a few seconds. What would you bring? Clothes? Food? Photos? Valuables? Would you even be able to choose, knowing that what you left behind would probably be destroyed or stolen?...
Syria: The world’s largest refugee crisis
As morning dawns on Aleppo, a historic city in northern Syria, people step out into the brisk spring air. In the city center, shops and markets are opening for the day, and you can hear pedestrians chatting in Arabic. But venture outside the city center, and...
Want to know if you’re really making a difference? Just ask Carim!
The gifts of World Help donors like you are providing countless people across the globe with the help and hope they so desperately need … and changing the lives of people like Carim. Carim is a 12-year-old refugee from Syria, so I’ve changed his name for his...
Watch: A Christmas message from the Syrian border
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. – John 10:10 (NIV) It’s Christmas — but today, in the same part of the world where Jesus was born, countless refugees won’t be celebrating. They’ll be...
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.