Not long after returning from Lebanon, Watenpaugh was at the Sacramento Food Bank to enroll Afghan refugees who came to the Sacramento area with special visas for working with the military in ...

I figured, maybe I can create a backpack and fill it with stuff that they could use,” said Gader Ibrahim, a 31-year-old stay-at-home mom in Orange County who founded Operation Refugee Child ...

However, only about 1 percent of refugees have access to higher education, tremendously fewer than the 36 percent of global youth with access, according to the United Nations refugee agency.

Backpacks stocked by American moms aim to restore some hope to children caught up in the refugee crisis. Soak up Summer With a Waterproof Phone Pouch, $10 Sandals, More IE 11 is not supported.

Utah Refugee Connection will be taking backpack donations Monday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Serve Refugee Sharehouse located at 3134 S. 300 East in South Salt Lake.

More than 1,000 local refugees came to Granite Park Junior High to pick up backpacks filled with school supplies, learn about local health and education resources and enjoy a free carnival.

Close to 2,000 refugee kids chose their own backpack at the event. The extra supplies go to various high schools with refugee populations across the Wasatch Front, along with other refugee providers.

A backpack display has been unveiled in central London to "encourage empathy" towards refugees and asylum seekers. In commemoration of World Refugee Day, the art display features a number of ...

At the event, they received multiple backpacks. One of kids put a plastic bag with six of the family member's passports plus other important school-related documents inside of one of the backpacks.

"A mix-up in the line" at the Salvation Army 7 Can Help Kids Back to School Backpack Program distribution at the Westroads Mall on Saturday morning led to an Afghan refugee family losing six of ...