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Jolie: Uses Celebrity Status to Advocate for Refugees

Posted by Kaylee K on Thursday, October 6, 2011, In : Global 
Angelina Jolie has been leveraging her celebrity status these last 10 years to be an advocate for refugee causes. As talks rise about expanding her role, this article provides an update as well as her insight into the refugee situation and its impact on her.
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Back to School in Largest Refugee Camp

Posted by Kaylee K on Thursday, September 8, 2011, In : Horn of Africa 
The influx of tens of thousands of refugees from Somalia into refugee camps in Kenya has repeatedly made the news of late. Despite a tremendous drain on resources caused by being populated by three times as many refugees as the camps were established to support, some normalcy must exist. In this article, Back to School in the World's Largest Refugee Camp, the UNHCR (The United Nations Refugee Agency) brings insight into the experience of refugee kids returning to school -- such a commonplace ...
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