What Does a Refugee Look Like?

Refugees in Hong Kong are little known, little understood, and barely acknowledged. They number around 10,000 people and they can't be easily identified. What does a refugee look like?
Refugees in Hong Kong are little known, little understood, and barely acknowledged. They number around 10,000 people and they can't be easily identified. What does a refugee look like?
Zad has faced many obstacles in his life!
Zad has never known his father. Then his mother died giving birth to his half sister. Zad's step-father sent him to live with his uncle. His uncle couldn't afford to feed, clothe or educate him. The obstacles seemed never-ending in Zad's short life.
"When I arrived in Hong Kong and had no food or shelter, Christian Action's kitchen door was the only door open to me." - Ali (a Somalian refugee)
When people walk through the kitchen door at Christian Action, they believe their hunger will be satisfied. And that has happened six days a week: three times a day on weekdays, and once every Saturday. Without your help, that door may be closing...
A university education is the only way for children to break free of the cycle of poverty which has trapped many of their families for multiple generations.
A child who has aspirations but comes from an underprivileged family deserves help - and supporters of Christian Action are helping us provide that help.
To fulfill the requirements for a Girl Scout Bronze Award which would indicate that they want to make a difference in their community, six Girl Scouts and their mothers recently visited Christian Action. The goal was to learn what it's like to be an asylum seeker in Hong Kong. Their walk through the lives of several asylum seekers and our part in their lives was a revelation to the girls.
Please let me know if you too would like to 'Walk this Road'.