🎥 On #MothersDay watch this adorable video of refugee mother Walaa and her four miracle babies pic.twitter.com/JsGwPBiEVA — UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) May 13, 2018
Make America Great Again Through Refugee Resettlement
When you listen to the stories of what refugees have had to endure, your perspective is fundamentally changed. One of my friends walked for days through the Congo with 5 children in tow, trying to get them to safety. She walked past many dying and dead on the road who hadn’t been able to make …
Back to School for Refugee Women: Charlotte’s Sewing School!
Persona Grata Goods sprang out of a sewing class for refugee moms. This sewing class started in a small apartment off Central Avenue with just a few students twice a month. Now, the Make Welcome Refugee Sewing School meets 4 days a week with many, many refugee students! One of the school’s co-founders recently wrote …
#GodatWork – Diary of a Friendship
August I was unprepared, basket of peppers and zinnias in hand, yard-sale pots and pans in the back of the car. I was unprepared when she opened the door, ninety pounds of worn woman with black eyes deep in malnourished sockets. Black eyes that lit up and shone bright with delighted surprise at the simple …
SocEnt Mom: Friendship with a Syrian Refugee Mom
Photo by UK Department for International Development I’ve written before about how to help our kids avoid racism. One key to that is through friendships with those who are different from them. There’s nothing like playing soccer, competing in Uno or simply hanging out to build bonds that make the “different” seem not so unusual …
Want to Stand with Refugees? Support Sewing Class!
This is a repost from the Make Welcome Refugee Sewing School blog, which is our sister organization and out of which our business sprang! If you’re wanting to show support for the refugee families which have been resettled in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, here’s a great way to do it. Every week, women gather …
A Peek Into Sewing Class
Today at Make Welcome Refugee Sewing School … H, from Vietnam, wondered aloud why her life is so hard. Why did her husband leave her? Why does her 21 year old son have kidney disease and have to go to dialysis every week? Why did she have stomach problems two weeks ago and go to …
When Being Generous is a Bad Thing
Photo by Mario Mancuso, Used under Creative Commons license If you’ve read this blog for a while, you are probably somewhat familiar with the principles in the excellent When Helping Hurts, by Brian Fikkert and Steve Corbett. In summary, this book reminds us that we are to serve the poor with an attitude of mutual …
3 Films to Help You Understand the Refugee Crisis
Like good literature, a good film gives us a greater understanding of the experiences of others. We found these three films to be a valuable watch because they take us inside the turmoil, danger and hope of the refugee experience. WARNING: If you’re wanting a light, fun watch, then none of these films fit …