Refugee Story

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I’m a product of the Global Village Project;A product of an all-refugee girls’ education.Girls’ education, not because we can’t learn with boys,But because we were left behind while our societies were busyTraining our brothers and male cousins to take up more space.Because when push came to shove, our parents, with their meager resources,Often chose to […]

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In her Shoes

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https://globalchildren.georgetown.edu/events/children-on-the-move So why are you constantly trying to fit children like me into shoes when you don’t even know our size?Before even setting your eyes on our feet, you claim to know the shoe size, type, style, and brand we need. See this woman standing here was once a refugee child.She was once that girl

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