| When families flee will the US open its arms? Posted: 05 Jan 2018 12:10 PM PST ![When families flee will the US open its arms?]( "When families flee will the US open its arms?") Rita Joy Osazee, a refugee who fled from Nigeria, is training to work in an elder care facility in Budapest, Hungary. "I feel a strong desire to take care of the elderly. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) collects and tells stories such as these to help remove stereotypes about who refugees are.
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| In Iran’s surprise uprising of the poor, dents to revolution’s legitimacy Posted: 05 Jan 2018 11:20 AM PST ![In Iran's surprise uprising of the poor, dents to revolution's legitimacy]( "In Iran's surprise uprising of the poor, dents to revolution's legitimacy") After a week of violent anti-establishment protests across Iran, in which anger welled up most vociferously among the country's poor, even a perfume seller in Tehran knows the harm that has been done to one pillar of the 1979 Islamic revolution. The Islamic Republic was "based on the ideal of a better world for the oppressed and the poor," says Ashkan, a 32-year-old with a master's degree in chemistry, who has had to settle for a job selling perfume in a friend's shop. Recommended: How much do you know about Iran?
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| How a Ghanaian decided to set up a food bank Posted: 05 Jan 2018 04:00 AM PST ![How a Ghanaian decided to set up a food bank]( "How a Ghanaian decided to set up a food bank") When Eric Darko arrived in Seattle from Ghana to participate in a professional leadership exchange program in 2015, he had no idea that his visit would be life-changing – not only for himself, but also for the people in his community back home. The 33-year-old biochemist, who works in a regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority, a state agency in Ghana, recalls being "moved" by the experience of volunteering at Northwest Harvest, Washington's only statewide nonprofit food bank distributor. "I had never seen a food bank before.
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