Tag: refugees

Five Years of War: Emotions Refugees Face

March 14, 2016

Today’s post is written by Gary Fairchild. On March 15, 2011 the Syrian Civil War officially broke out. Five years later, nearly 4.8 million Syrians have fled the country. Most of us will never comprehend the loss and trauma Syrians have experienced. We will never fully understand the depth of emotion they face, but I’m […]

Refugee Crisis: Jesus on the Move

December 7, 2015

Today’s post is written by Anya Holcomb, a CAMA worker in Kosovo. We live three hours away from the main camp where refugees enter Macedonia from Greece on their journey to Western Europe. Currently, there are approximately 7,000 refugees passing through this camp each day. CAMA is partnering with a Christian NGO that meets these […]

Sharing Loss

August 10, 2015

Today’s post is written by a CAMA worker in the Middle East. “Does anyone else want to share something before class ends?” I asked one last time, knowing we were running late and the next teacher was waiting outside the door. During our final group counseling session of the semester at our church’s school for […]

Leaning In

December 8, 2014

The following article was written by Mike Sohm for Alliance Life magazine. Read the original article here. These are difficult times. It once seemed that a major change happened in the world every three to five years, but now upheaval appears to be continual: religious extremists commit brutal crimes in their march across Iraq and Syria. […]

Iraqi Response

October 27, 2014

Under bridges, alongside busy roadways, crowded into semi-ﬁnished buildings—they have come, running from one life or death situation to what might become another. Tens of thousands have come on foot and by car or truck, walking many hours and traveling many miles to escape their oppressors, arriving only with what they could carry or hastily […]