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Every child has the right to feel hopeful about the world
Justin van Fleet
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“Promise me that you are going to bring me back home so I can rebuild my country”
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Press Club helps Syrian children in Lebanon stand up for their rights
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“I have changed my pain to happiness and I left all my sadness”
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“Help us make the whole world know that people who flee for their lives are much, much #morethanarefugee”
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300 Afghan schools destroyed in weeks as Taliban attack education
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