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The Voice of Love THE VOICE OF LOVE project supports quality interpreting for survivors of torture, trauma and sexual violence. Their energy and commitment amaze us.

Marjory Bancroft, MA, and Karen Hanscom, PhD., who co-direct the project, want to extend our warmest thanks to this corps of VOL volunteers. The depth, experience and quality of their professional experience are a testimony to the quality of the work to come. And their humility is gracious and humbling. Many thanks to all our VOICE OF LOVE volunteers!

11/18/2015

In the weeks and months ahead, Ontario is expected to welcome 10,000 refugees, many of whom will settle here in Toronto.

“We would like to host a family. I’m pregnant and I have been thinking about what kind of life we’d have if we were forc...
10/09/2015

“We would like to host a family. I’m pregnant and I have been thinking about what kind of life we’d have if we were forced to leave our country with our baby in our arms, how crucial it would be for someone to host us."

On the second floor of an apartment block in a quiet part of Halandri, a suburb of northern Athens, Adel and Chara are ready to welcome new members into their family – as they like to put it.

"I don't speak German and I can't go to school to learn it because I'm waiting for my paperwork to be processed."
10/07/2015

"I don't speak German and I can't go to school to learn it because I'm waiting for my paperwork to be processed."

Christina Al Bdewi's plan to become a doctor shuddered to a halt in May when she fled fighting between Islamist rebels and the Syrian army in her home town Damascus, the Syrian capital.

10/07/2015

A GROUP of local people are hoping to team up with local authorities to offer their help in welcoming refugees to the area. The Syrian Refugee Support Group is formed of local residents, who last month went before Frome Town Council to express their desire to help. Group founder John Careswell said,…

One of the ideas proposed is to proclaim Saskatoon, a city that welcomes
10/07/2015

One of the ideas proposed is to proclaim Saskatoon, a city that welcomes

Saskatoon, often described as the 'Paris of the Praries', is considering how best to help refugees. The city's Planning, Development and Community Services branch is reviewing a report, presented yesterday, with some very practical suggestions. One of the ideas proposed is to proclaim Saskatoon, a c…

Danish government to refugees: Stay out!
10/07/2015

Danish government to refugees: Stay out!

Danish citizens published ads encouraging refugees to come to Denmark.

“It was just me and my baby alone. I did not speak English. I did not know anybody.”
09/17/2015

“It was just me and my baby alone. I did not speak English. I did not know anybody.”

She thought she made a mistake. Takwae Htoo was in her 20s, a single mother in an unfamiliar country after her home country has been ravaged by civil unrest.

"We're learning to write," said Athian Athian, a refugee from South Sudan. "We're learning to read. We're learning to ta...
09/17/2015

"We're learning to write," said Athian Athian, a refugee from South Sudan. "We're learning to read. We're learning to talk."

There's a record number of refugees at Omaha Public Schools.

Jeune remembers the night in August 2004 when the militia attacked his refugee camp.
09/16/2015

Jeune remembers the night in August 2004 when the militia attacked his refugee camp.

In 2004, Jeune Ruhumuriza was a child who barely escaped a massacre over 100 of his fellow Tutsi refugees. In Houston, he recently managed to graduate from high school while holding down a job.

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