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Refugee Camps

Vietnamese Americans: Looking Backward

Khanh Ho | Posted 05.01.2013 | Impact
Khanh Ho

Today marks the anniversary of the evacuation of Vietnamese from what was once their home country: a moment that dispersed us to far flung places -- Paris and Berlin, Louisiana and Minnesota, Hong Kong and Manila.

How a Stateless Refugee Overcame Low Self-Esteem to Become a Successful Entrepreneur

Karin Kamp | Posted 04.25.2013 | Women
Karin Kamp

Nada Kiblawi was born in a refugee camp, lived through regional wars and finally found safe haven and economic independence as an entrepreneur in the U.S.

PHOTOS: Refugees Pose With Their Most Important Possession

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 03.23.2013 | World

As a rising tide of refugees continue to flee the brutal violence in Syria and Sudan, photographer Brian Sokol, working with the United Nations Refuge...

Maybe Refugee Camps Just Need More Feel-Good Movies

Posted 03.01.2013 | Impact

By Stephen Saito, TakePart David Chen has spent hundreds of hours in search of good stories to present through podcasts, whether it’s with cohost...

Passion to Action: The 2012 World of Children Award Honorees

Stephanie March | Posted 12.24.2012 | Impact
Stephanie March

One of my favorite events of the season is the annual World of Children Award Gala, at which I have the profound pleasure of meeting the newest class of changemakers for children who are there to receive their World of Children Award.

Assault on the Daughters of Swat Valley

Rukhsana Hasib | Posted 10.10.2012 | Impact
Rukhsana Hasib

The misery in the Swat Valley and the plight of thousands of women and children, who have lost husbands and fathers, gave birth to Swat Relief Initiative.

Soccer Inspires Refugee Youth to Reach for Gold

Charity Tooze | Posted 10.08.2012 | Impact
Charity Tooze

When Lei Htoo kicks the ball his long silky dark hair whips up into his face. Lei Htoo was resettled in El Cajon with his mother and siblings from a refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border.

A Second Chance in a New Land

Sid Mohn | Posted 08.21.2012 | Chicago
Sid Mohn

Right now there are nearly 44 million refugees across the world. Eighty percent of them are women and children. They are survivors and they come with complex needs.

A Real Gift to Mothers: Join the Fight Against Malaria

Elizabeth Gore | Posted 07.14.2012 | Impact
Elizabeth Gore

The Kakuma refugee camp is mostly women and children, resilient mothers who grabbed their little ones and braved a dangerous journey to escape conflict. Thanks to UNHCR, they are safe from violence; now, their enemy is a mosquito.

Afghan Elders Describe Cruelest Winter in Charahi Qambar Camp

Salena Tramel | Posted 05.06.2012 | World
Salena Tramel

For the residents of the Charahi Qambar refugee camp, it's been a long five years since they fled the U.S.-led destruction of their villages and put up tents in this destitute Kabul neighborhood. But over the winter, it was not bombs but snowfalls that crushed shelters and threatened lives.

Schools and Solutions in Sudan

Luol Deng | Posted 08.20.2011 | Impact
Luol Deng

As we pause to recognize the millions of refugees around the world today on World Refugee Day, we also want to point out that all is not gloom and doom. There are ways we all can get involved to make a difference in the lives of those forcibly uprooted from their homes in Sudan.

Elise Foley

Refugee Programs Struggle Without Funding Increase

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Senate's decision last week to fund the government through a continuing resolution instead of an omnibus appropriations bill could h...

Surviving in Haiti

Beverly Bell | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Beverly Bell

The suffering of the people of Haiti is as unimaginable as the poor planning or sheer neglect of their government, the United Nations, and large international non-governmental organizations.

Is There a Better Refugee Camp Design?

Jacqueline Novogratz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Jacqueline Novogratz

We arrive at a community of 100 tents situated in a circle. I'm prepared for the kinds of camps we've seen previously: hundreds of tarpaulins lined side by side. This community, in contrast, has been created on a human scale.

"Part of the Dream for National Reconstruction": Haitian Refugee Camps Model Future Society

Beverly Bell | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Beverly Bell

While it should never be the case that a high percentage of the Haitian population remains living in refugee camps seven months after the earthquake, ...

Haitian Leadership Mentoring Program for Orphans Growing in Leogane

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jim Luce

There is no reason for Haiti to be a hell hole. It has abundant and beautiful natural resources, an incredible and indomitable people, and is only tw...

Rebecca et Alea

Crossover Dreams | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Crossover Dreams

Peter Costantini ~ Pétionville, Haiti Next to where we were building a new platform for a hospital tent in the Pétionville Club camp for ...

Three Schoolgirls In Palestinian Refugee Camp Invent Stick-tech, Revolutionary Cane To Help The Blind

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

After six months of diligent testing, three schoolgirls in a Palestinian refugee camp have developed a revolutionary walking cane that could help the ...

Rape In Haiti: Women, Girls Detail Violent Attacks In Aftermath Of Haiti Earthquake

AP | MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men. ...

'The Ice Road': My Life In A Siberian Labor Camp

Dr. Stefan Waydenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Dr. Stefan Waydenfeld

My life was hard labor in a Siberian logging camp, working all year round, maintaining an ice road for the transport of timber in subzero temperatures.

Place Saint Pierre

Crossover Dreams | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Crossover Dreams

By Peter Costantini ~ Pétionville, Haiti Rain was general all over Port-au-Prince. It was falling last night, and the night before, and the nig...

Israel's Gaza Blockade Criticized By UN Humanitarian Chief

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief says Israel's blockade of Gaza is not helping its security or weakening Hamas' hold on the territor...

Don't Overlook People With Disabilities in Haiti

Dale Buscher | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Dale Buscher

The emergency response and reconstruction efforts in Haiti are opportunities to amend past neglect and discrimination, and assist persons with disabilities to live richer, more dignified lives.

Renewable Energy Expert Steve Smith Mitigates Conflicts in Congo, Rwanda, Sudan

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jim Luce

Multi-tasking is de rigueur these days, so it comes as no surprise that renewable energy expert and conflict resolution specialist Steve Smith has his hands full. His specialty comes from years of practice.

Palestinian Officials Criticize US over Israeli Settlements

Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called "back-pedaling" on demands that Israel stop settlement c...