How to Help Refugees in the Middle East
For more information on how to help, contact these organizations.
— -- ABC News "20/20" followed a group of Iraqi Christian refugees fleeing ISIS attacks in their homeland as they made their journey from their camp in Erbil, Iraq, to Slovakia to start a new life. The people who sought refuge in Erbil came from Syria and Iraq, escaping violence and persecution. They are a multi-ethnic, socially diverse and multi-religious group.
For more information on how to help refugees, contact these organizations:
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR): http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
Children’s Rights & Emergency Relief Organization (UNICEF): http://www.unicef.org/
United Nations Development Program (UNDP): http://www.undp.org/
Save the Children: http://www.savethechildren.org/
Mercury One: The Nazarene Fund: http://www.mercuryone.org/