Nine months ago, we were asked by a partner NGO that works with unaccompanied child refugees to enroll Peter, a 10-year-old Rohingya Muslim who wanted to study, in our school program and hostel. After helping him to enroll in the school but before entering the hostel, his case manager shared, “By …
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The Misery of Gambling
Halima sits on the small stool in front of the gas stove and stares at the dancing gas flame. Today, once again, there is only rice with a little dhal (lentils) to eat. It has been a while since her husband brought home fish or chicken. Although she has a good job at an NGO and her husband, Soyot, …
Choosing Compassion
"If you want my advice, we need to find people who won't break so easily," my Muslim Rohingya friend and colleague shared with me. We recently discovered that another Rohingya colleague had betrayed one of our coworkers. Would he betray others? Criminal groups are active in the area, and it is …