Refugees

This week, The Boston Globe published a truly moving op-ed by 2006 Echoing Green Fellow Sasha Chanoff. Sasha tells the story of John, a Congolese refuge, living in the impoverished outskirts of Nairobi. After barely escaping violence in nearby refugee camps in Congo and Burundi, John and his family took their chances in the city. Sasha estimates that more than 100,000 "forgotten" refugees have similar stories and are living in Nairobi without assistance, aid, or any international recognition.

You don't want to miss Sasha Chanoff's interview with the Skolll Foundation's SocialEdge.org roving reporter, Global X. In the interview, Sasha recounts the extraordinary story of Rose Mapendo, a former Tutsi refugee he brought from a Congolese war prison to safety in America. She recently won the 2007 “Volvo for Life Hero Award.”