helping refugees
Submitted by skychoi on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 20:46.
There are more than 2.2 million Iraqi refugees that had to flee Iraq in the past few years. They fled to neighboring countries, often with nothing more than they could carry. The countries around Iraq are having trouble feeding and housing the Iraqi refugees. There are not enough schools for the kids to attend. Many families cannot afford to feed their families, much less pay for schooling. Sadly, many refugee kids have seen things far worse than shown in any R-rated movie, but there is little help available for them.
Submitted by doubtless25 on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 18:04.
Refugee Aid has had numerous projects in only a few years. Of them was our latest project, Refugee Camp Out. Refugee Aid, to create awareness of refugee situations, hosted a camp out to simulate a real life refugee experience. Several high school students came after school ended with cardboard boxes to build their own tents. We slept out side with a limited amount of water and crackers. Each student was assigned a role such as a rebel, UN peacekeep, or refugee. We picked a refugee situation to model after, the Congolese refugees, and read articles and researched their situation.
