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World Refugee Day: How You Can Help

1 Comment / Teaching Global Citizenship / By Language Lizard

World Refugee Day is on June 20th. Find out why this day came to be, and what you can do to help. What is a Refugee? According to the UN, a refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her home country due to “a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her …

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Practical Ways to help Syrian Refugees in Syria and around the world. From International Charities to Grass Root Organizations

The Syrian Crisis: Practical ways to help

8 Comments / Syria, Teaching Global Citizenship, Top Posts / By Cerys Parker

I have sat and watched in horror as pictures that reminded me of my history lessons back in high school were played out in the nightly news for the last 4 years. Syria, a country of 23 million people surrounded by nations in turmoil, was in civil war. Villages, towns, cities left in a mass …

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