Refugee Facts

Siham, age 10, is from Dar'a, Syria. She fled Syria with her parents and six siblings back in 2012 and found refuge in Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp. Back in Dar'a, Siham's school was targeted by armed forces, forcing her and her siblings to drop out. When she moved to Za'atari, she was immediately excited to attend school once again.

"I was so scared giving birth, there was no one there to help me. My husband was taken away and I haven't seen him since."

Rohingya mother Hamida, age 25, holds her four-day-old baby boy and two-year-old son at a transit camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh. Hamida went into labor after walking for 10 days straight in an effort to escape her village which was under attack in Myanmar.

“I like math the most,” says eight-year-old Saron.

Saron is a refugee from Yei, South Sudan. She currently attends the Ofonze Primary School in Bidibidi refugee settlement in northern Uganda, where she studies everything from math to English.

Rashid Ahbedi, age 85, is a stateless man from Burundi. He first came to Kenya in 1941 to work as a laborer on a Sisal plantation. It is in Kenya that he met his beautiful wife, Umazi Nyamawi, and continues to live to this day.

Elsa and her one-year-old daughter Hilary enjoy a moment of relief after escaping gang violence Honduras.

”We had no choice but to leave. It was hard. We traveled at night carrying the children. Here we are safe but I hope we get asylum so that the children can go to school again and start to learn.”

Nur Fatima, an 11 year-old Rohingya refugee, attends school in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. She excitedly tells us why school is so important to her. “Now I can read and write, I can help my siblings in their studies.”

Brother and sister Hussein and Nazilla were forced to flee their home in Baghlan, Afghanistan after violence overtook the city. They now live in a refugee camp in Vinjug where, despite the difficulty of life away from home, they always find a way to laugh and play.

Pictured above, Hussein makes his little sister Zilla laugh so hard she can barely eat her bread.

8 year-old Ahmed is a refugee from Syria. He currently lives at an overcrowded reception center on the Greek island of Samos. Even though living conditions on the island have deteriorated due to the influx of new refugees, living here is still safer than returning home. It is Ahmed's only option.

South Sudanese twins, Jacob and Simon, sit in their shelter in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Back in South Sudan, the boys watched as their father and brother were killed by senseless violence. They leaned on each other for support as they walked for 21 days to reach safety in Kenya.