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How Women Are Faring in the World's Largest Refugee Camp

Jennifer Chowdhury

September 17, 2019 |

Zora |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh, Ukhia, Cox's Bazar

In the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh, Rohingya women are overcoming the societal restraints that bound them at home in Myanmar and becoming leaders and change-makers in their community. Despite resistance from the men, hundreds of women in the camp banded together to form a group called Shanti Mohila. This allowed them to push for more peace and justice and issues like domestic violence, and they even received support from Legal Action Worldwide to prosecute crimes against the Rohingya people.

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LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Face Layered Marginalization, So These Four Organizations Are Here to Help

Ari Honarvar

September 05, 2019 |

Teen Vogue |

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Response Location: United States

LGBTQ asylum seekers face a unique set of problems coming to the United States, often from places where gender expression and sexuality are strictly regulated. Four organizations across the US, Mexico, and Canada are filling this unique niche. For example, AsylumConnect created an app of resources on how to apply for asylum and a catalogue of LGBTQ-friendly services and organizations in the US for them to learn about. All four aim to validate LGBTQ asylum seekers and keep them safe.

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Muslims bailout fund raises nearly $150,000 to reunite migrant families

Aysha Khan

August 28, 2019 |

Religion News Service |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

A campaign called Muslims for Migrants by the Islamic nonprofit CelebrateMercy raises money to pay bond fees for immigrant parents who are detained while awaiting trial. The funds are donated to another nonprofit called the National Bail Fund Network, and so far the funds have released ten parents back to their families. The director of CelebrateMercy says that the forced separation of families is against everything taught by the Prophet Muhammad and the Islamic faith.

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‘If You're Like Me, You Can't Sit By. This Is America.'

Tina Rosenberg

August 20, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

Connecting children with volunteer lawyers can greatly assist immigration cases. Nonprofits like the Safe Passage Project and Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) work to provide children, often separated from their families, with legal defense. Without a lawyer, many children face immigration hearings alone, adding great trauma to a complicated process. A majority of unrepresented children are deported. Nonprofit legal groups across the US are working to create a safety net of legal counsel.

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Connecting cultures: How Idaho is engaging a growing demographic

Megan Taros

August 15, 2019 |

Twin Falls Times-News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Idaho

Multiple initiatives have been launched in schools and health care facilities across Idaho to reach out to the Latino population and better serve the community. High school programs are providing space for Latino teens to find role models and hone leadership skills while teacher hiring and training has also been diversified. Health care facilities have made it easier for patients to access translation services.

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‘It's Like an Automatic Deportation if You Don't Have a Lawyer'

Mazin Sidahmed

August 13, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York

With the help of legal counsel, immigrants facing deportation are more likely to win their cases and keep their families together. The New York Immigrant Family Unity Project is one of several organizations in New York that provides lawyers free of charge to detained immigrants. The program is also a part of the broader Safety and Fairness for Everyone (SAFE) network, which includes 18 cities that have set up legal defense funds for immigrants.

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School on Wheels Program Turns Bus Into School for Asylum-Seeking Children

Chloe Kellison

August 11, 2019 |

NowThis News |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

School on Wheels is a program serving children in a refugee camp along the U.S.-Mexico border by transforming an old school bus into a space for learning. The school can fit up to 80 children, all of whom are waiting for asylum in the U.S. It is run by the California-based nonprofit, Yes We Can, and it currently has 3 teachers and over 30 students. The school aims to teach the children values like love, happiness, and being a good person while they are at a particularly tumultuous time in their lives.

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Court Observers Are Shining a Light on the Immigration Court System

Ari Honarvar

August 02, 2019 |

Rewire |

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Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

One way that any ordinary citizen can lend a hand to the plight of those caught in the American immigration system is by being a court observer: someone who sits in immigration court and takes notes by hand. Several organizations are working to develop a standardized way of evaluating judges' treatment of migrants to put it in a central database so that the data can be used to evaluate the human impact by the system as a whole. People who participate testify to the job alleviating despair over the situation as they can mitigate any unfair practices going unnoticed.

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Refugees and host community gang up to fight climate change

Noah Omuya

August 02, 2019 |

Things That Work Uganda |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Bidibidi

The Bidibidi refugee settlement in Uganda, the largest such settlement in the world, is working with a number of agencies including the UNHCR and The Office of the Prime Minister to address environmental issues in their ever-growing settlement. They are strategizing about a number of initiatives to improve life and conditions where they live with topics like Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Education, Health, or Infrastructure. Current solutions include planting over 470,000 trees, local communities donating land for settlers to build their own crops, and environmental education in the local schools.

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Yoyo Baby Care Facility Restores Hope To Refugee Mothers

Agwere Sarah

July 27, 2019 |

Things That Work Uganda |

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Response Location: Uganda, Bidibidi

The Yoyo Vocational Institute was established in one of the largest refugee camps in the world, Bidibidi, to help refugees and migrants learn vocational skills that can then be used for employment. The Institute also offers a baby care facility on site so that mothers can concentrate on their studies knowing that their children are being taken care of. This improves the refugee rates of school attainment that will increase their income over time.

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