Binding Power: Volunteers Bring Us Small Steps Closer to Sustainability

In the last update I mentioned the desire to create some income generating project to help support the families and over the past few weeks, a small group of determined volunteers has been forming to make sure this project comes to fruition.

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Q&A: Ryan, A Chinese Refugee in Thailand (Part 2)

“I have learned something far more complicated than anything in a text book–surviving as a refugee.“ ISOS: Ryan, have you had any opportunities to go to school? I was 17 when I came to Thailand, I did not finish high school and the refugee center only provides very basic education to the refugee kids. As [...]

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Q&A: Ryan, A Chinese Refugee in Thailand

In preparation of our upcoming art show to benefit the BRC, we wanted to offer content which gives readers a more proficient understanding of what refugees and asylum seekers go through. ISOS was proud to post the article Waiting by Sherri Phenchard (See part one or part two). Today we’re excited to post the following [...]

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Waiting: A Glimpse of Refugees (Part 2)

“When I ask the refugees I meet if they miss their home country, everyone has said yes.” When I ask the refugees I meet if they miss their home country, everyone has said yes. A place where their lives were at stake, where the government destroyed their homes, where they lost their family and friends [...]

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Waiting: A Glimpse of Refugees (Part 1)

Waiting. Waiting for the U.N to make its decision. Waiting for the war to end. Waiting for my husband to get a passport. Waiting for immigration to remember us. Waiting for the police to discover us or to flee before they can. Waiting. Many people throw this word in the air to describe how they [...]

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