By Jane Best | Project leader
RIJ supports projects that are run by the local communities to ensure sustainability.
One participant in Uganda summed up this approach: “Thank you for walking with me, in fact I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell me the way that is why your aid is of great meaning to me and to my people. “
As we reflect on the uncertainty and fear that people around the world experience as a result of the global concern about Covid-19, it may help to stop and think about others who experience such uncertainty, even fear, for months and years on end as refugees and internally displaced people do.
Refugees show great resilience and we can gain strength and learn from them. Just like us, wanting an end to the uncertainty, refugees seek a normal daily life without fear of the unknown. They face the future with a strength and resilience that is an example to us all.
A graduate from an RIJ-funded training program on the Thai-Myanmar border said: “I have seen violence and found safety in the refugee camp. Now, with support from my fellow students I am ready to face the future with strength.”
Another beneficiary in a project for returnees in Uganda said: “the effort of this project has made happiness for us and has lifted us up above ourselves.”
Remember and support others while still caring for ourselves.
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