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#FridayFinds: Issue 2

Welcome to #FridayFinds where our team shares some of the things we are reading, watching, and listening to that are related to our work with

#FridayFinds: Issue 1

Welcome to our first edition of #FridayFinds where we’ll be sharing some of the things the Miles4Migrants team is reading, watching, and listening to that

Habteab’s Story

by: Habteab, an Eritrean refugee in Belgium “Hello, my name is Habteab. In 2012 I got married and a year later our oldest son was

Andrew’s Story

Andrew is a 21 year old man from Honduras who has suffered for most of his life due to his sexual orientation as a gay man…

Grow Ensemble Podcast: “Solving a Global Crisis: Reuniting Displaced Families Worldwide using Donated Airline Miles with Andy Freedman, Co-Founder of Miles4Migrants”

“What’s incredibly valuable about Andy and Miles4Migrants’ story is the power of volunteerism and how it really takes a village. Andy and his two co-founders all currently volunteer their time to manage their organization. All work day jobs and are actively engaged husbands and fathers in addition to running this organization.”

Sammy’s Story

Sammy’s family is reunited and enjoying their Christmas celebration today for the first time in 4 years together thanks to a generous donation of nearly 480K United miles…

Mr. Ayoub’s story

This man was a dentist in Syria who raised Arabian horses to race and stud. He was a millionaire, living well and everything was good in his life. He belonged to the Catholic faith, a minority, but he had no problems until the war…

Denia and Jose’s story

Denia could not wait to see her brother. She held back tears as we informed her that she would be able to see him the next day…

Toronto Star: “GTA ‘Canada is a dreamland’: Syrian refugee thrilled to start job at Kitchener high-tech firm”

“I feel like I’m living in a wonderful dream now and I don’t want anyone to wake me up,” said Hakmi, 26, who last week packed up his life as a refugee and landed in Kitchener as the first skilled immigrant admitted to Canada through Talent Beyond Boundaries, a Washington-based NGO that matches refugees with employers desperate to fill skill shortages.