Two. That’s how many friends Hassan and Dawami told me they had in refugee camps in Tanzania as I prepared to go there. Thanks to the generous help of the United Nations refugee agency, I planned a week of travel around these five words: “Jean-Paul Rukundo, Mtabila” and “Eva, Kanembwa.”
Mary Wiltenburg, for the Pulitzer Center
Acting US Ambassador Larry Andre (center) addressed refugees in Mtabila about their prospects after they leave the camp.
From worlds apart, a Burmese rice farmer and an Iraqi accountant share a dream.
Global conflict and recession chip away at America’s ability to protect the huddled masses it has rescued: some go homeless, some even return to war zones to make a living.
Mary Wiltenburg, for the Pulitzer Center
Mary Wiltenburg, for the Pulitzer Center
Mary Wiltenburg, for the Pulitzer Center
This month, as Tanzania prepares to forcibly expel some 40,000 Central African refugees from its camps, Rwandan refugee Neema John and her young son are hiding out in an urban slum, living in fear of discovery while their family, resettled in Atlanta, races the clock in a fight to be reunited with them.
Mary Wiltenburg
Mary Wiltenburg, for the Pulitzer Center
Mary Wiltenburg, for the Pulitzer Center
Lost in migration: Neema John survived genocide and rape, but can she beat the red tape to be reunited with her family in Atlanta?
Mary Wiltenburg, for the Pulitzer Center
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