URGENT NEED: Coronavirus death toll climbs
I’m reaching out to you with a heavy heart for our Chinese brothers and sisters. As you read this, millions of people are under quarantine because of the deadly Wuhan coronavirus. And the families of more than 900 people are mourning the loss of loved ones claimed by...
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...
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,...
Life through the eyes of a child refugee
The terror comes to Amani in flashes. She remembers rockets shrieking overhead as her family fled their home in Syria. She can still hear the bellowing booms of shells exploding and destroying the homes and buildings in her old neighborhood. Even six years later, the...
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.