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Jul 26, 2022

A Hot Dog Cart Provides a New Start

Sussana Rodriguez took a HIAS Guyana workshop with 36 other people and learned basic business skills. Now she runs her own food cart.

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Jul 22, 2022

Parents With Disabled Children Find Support from a HIAS Partner in Poland

HIAS is working with Stowarzyszenie Patchwork (Patchwork Association) and L’Arche to make sure disabled child refugees from Ukraine get as much support as possible.

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Jul 19, 2022

Volunteers Come To Help Ukrainians From Far and Wide

Mexican volunteers from HIAS partner organization, CADENA, are helping Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

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Jul 6, 2022

In Poland, Airbnbs Offer Refuge for War-weary Ukrainians

Housing was an afterthought when Oksana Bezkorovaina arrived in Poland from bordering Ukraine with her daughter Masha and sister, Maryna. The trio had been through the wringer trying to make it out of their home in Kharkiv, where they would sleep in the basement with their shoes on — ready to flee at any moment.

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Jul 5, 2022

Vindmans Call for Rebuilding Refugee Program in Ken Burns, NY Times Video

In 1985, Ken Burns interviewed two 10-year-old boys on the boardwalk in Brighton Beach for a film about the Statue of Liberty. Nearly 40 years later, those two boys, Alexander and Yevgeny Vindman are speaking out in support of refugee resettlement in a new Ken Burns/New York Times short.

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Magdiel Galeano Gómez (right) and his husband Jeffrey (left) attend Costa Rica’s pride march on June 26, 2022 in San Jose.
Jun 30, 2022

Economic Inclusion Programs Help LGBTQ Activist Build a Business – and a New Life

As a political and LGBTQ activist, Magdiel Galeano Gómez had to flee Nicaragua after multiple attempts on his life. With HIAS Costa Rica by his side, he and his husband were able to build new lives – and a thriving ecologically-friendly business.

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Jun 29, 2022

Airbnb Helps Refugees Find Housing & Community in Ecuador

When Daniela arrived as a refugee in Ecuador with her husband and young son, they faced difficulty and uncertainty. Thanks to HIAS, Airbnb, and local hosts who open up their homes to refugees, she now feels supported and embraced by her local community.

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Jun 28, 2022

Right to Protection’s Quick Pivot to a War Footing

“I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and started calling colleagues,” Alexander (Sasha) Galkin recalled of the first night of the war. As the director of Right to Protection (R2P) — HIAS’ long time partner in Ukraine — he had urgent priorities: ensuring the safety of R2P staff, and working out how the organization could pivot to the new emergency.

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Jun 27, 2022

Recent Supreme Court Decisions Erode Migrants’ Rights

As refugee advocates anxiously wait for the Supreme Court to determine the fate of the “Remain in Mexico” program, a spate of recent decisions have harmful implications for migrants, including those seeking asylum in the U.S.

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Jun 21, 2022

Interfaith Conference Works to “Welcome the Stranger”

Leaders of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish groups responding to refugee crises in different parts of the world gathered in Geneva June 20-21.

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