How To Make A Difference: Refugee Crisis
I recently watched Salam Neighbor on Netflix, where two American filmmakers spent a month in Zaatari, the largest camp in Jordan for Syrian refugees. The heartbreaking and inspiring stories of the families hit me hard. Approximately 400,000 people have been killed by the conflict and 600,000 are currently refugees. I recommend watching this documentary to get a more human perspective of the conflict’s victims and consider supporting refugees yourself as most governments around the world continue to waffle over what to do. As the son of refugees, I have been a longtime supporter of the work done by the UN Refugee Agency (which manages refugee camps among many other initiatives). There is also Rescue.org (which helps refugees outside of camps) and, over a cup of coffee in Cairo, this Forbes writer convinced of the surprisingly simple economic case for giving refugees cash, not stuff.
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