Iman: ‘I am a Refugee’

By CARE Staff June 16, 2020

Ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, CARE’s Global Advocate shares her personal story of becoming a refugee at 16 to draw attention to the particular threat COVID-19 poses to the most vulnerable, including refugees and the forcibly displaced.

Hear Iman's story

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