“For the first time in Olympics history, a team of refugee athletes will band together in Rio de Janeiro this August to represent the 20 million people in the world who have no one country to call home...At recent press conferences, it has become clear that the men and women who comprise the team are united in a simple, yet powerful message they hope to get across to the world:

“ ‘We still are humans. We are not only refugees. We are like everyone in the world ... We didn’t choose to leave our homelands.’ "

Staff contributorAugust 17, 2016refugee, Rio, Olympics, Team Refugee, Rose Nathike Lakonyen, South Sudan, Popole Misenga, Yolande Bukasa Mabika, Congo, Yusra Mardini, SyriaComment

Walking a Long Road while Serving Others

We introduced you to Aline back in May. Here she shares her story with our director of strategic partnerships, Anne Dombrofski. We think you will agree that Aline is just the kind of person we want here, building our country.

Anne DombrofskiJune 17, 2016Congo, refugee, hardship, danger, Providence Granola Project, Thailand, human services, education, asylum, advocacy Comment