Malian singer Rokia Traore visited Goudoubo camp, Burkina Faso. The camp hosts some 10,000 Malian refugees who fled a conflict that erupted between a Tuareg rebel group and governmental troops.
American novelist Khaled Hosseini meets Yasser and is moved by the atrocities his young children have seen…
German-born British writer Judith Kerr tells her own refugee story; she escaped from Hitler’s Germany when she was a child…
Alek Wek fled her country when she was five; the Sudanese supermodel tells her story…
Film producer Eric Jankowsky met Olympic athlete Lopez Lomong, and is impressed by his incredible strength, resilience and true love for life.
British actress Romola Garai tells her great-grandfather’s story and she is proud to be a product both of his flight and of the society that nurtured him.
Best selling author and UNHCR High Profile Supporter, Neil Gaiman recently returned from Jordan seeing UNHCR’s frontline work for Syrian refugees…
George Butler, an artist and illustrator in current affairs, draws a Syrian refugee family leaving their country…
Barbara Hendricks, classical singer and UNHCR Honorary Lifetime Goodwill Ambassador, shares the story of her mentor, Jennie Tourel.
Architect Sir Richard Rogers shares the story of his own family’s displacement; It was World War II that caused his family to leave Italy…
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Liberata fled her village, and in the panic, was separated from her son. Henning Mankell visits them reunited…
Malian singer Rokia Traore visited Goudoubo camp, Burkina Faso. The camp hosts some 10,000 Malian refugees who fled a conflict that erupted between a Tuareg rebel group and governmental troops.
British novelist Marina Lewycka was born in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany after World War II…
Sara Khojoyan tells the positive tale of Ani who believes life is about fighting for a better future and allowing your children to dream.
He has gone through much adversity all of his life, yet has the strongest human spirit and the most unique physical abilities…
He grew up with an abusive father and was forced to change his name out of fear, but now he works as a social worker helping and supporting others…
I was born in a refugee camp in the forests of Burundi. Becoming victims of genocide, my parents died when I was only…
That is the very life of a refugee, always forced to flee at the slightest shot of fire.
The crisis in Cote d’Ivoire, began during the day, we found the market, each other, and looking for a place or shelter to avoid stray bullets.
Rebecca got separated from her husband during the fighting in South Sudan. She fled with her children and parents, and found out later that her husband had been killed…
“What I’d like most is an ID with my picture on it. I’ve never had one before,” he says. “I would work hard and go and find my daughter.”
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