Faces: People, Places, and Cultures articles from September 2002

Faces: People, Places, and Cultures archives from September 2002

Editor's message.(the widespread refugee problem)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Dear Reader, You are probably reading this issue in a well-lit classroom or a comfortable chair at home. For millions of young people your age who live as refugees, these comforts are not a part of daily life. Throughout history,...

Refugees and the United Nations high commissioner for refugees. (At a Glance).
September 1, 2002... UNHCR established: December 14, 1950, by UN General Assembly Mission: To protect and care for refugees around the world. Together with other organizations, UNHCR attempts to provide refugees with basic necessities such as food, water,...

World refugee camps. (Only In ...).
September 1, 2002... No one chooses to be a refugee. War or natural disaster can strike anywhere in the world, forcing large numbers of people to seek help in refugee camps. Life in the camps is disorienting and difficult. Many organizations around the world have...

Refugees: who, where, and why.
September 1, 2002... Attila the Hun invaded western Europe, pillaging the Italian peninsula in A.D. 452. Thousands of inhabitants of the Italian countryside fled their homes and sought refuge on neighboring islands in the Adriatic Sea. This was certainly not the...

Internally displaced persons: refugees in their own country.
September 1, 2002... There are refugees in every country on every continent of the planet. We have all seen the images of people crossing the border between their homeland and a neighboring country, carrying a big bag on their shoulders or pushing a cart with all...

Owl and Panther: writing out of the darkness.
September 1, 2002... They look like any other kids. Cinthya passes out pencils, skipping Jorge, who is teasing her. Winston tells Mayra what to expect from Freshman Day at high school. Sandy, Moslin, and Jennifer hug each of the parents and workshop leaders in the...

Building a new life: Sierra Leone refugees in the United States.
September 1, 2002... Unfortunately, war often comes suddenly and changes lives quickly. In Sierra Leone in western Africa, a rebel movement began in 1991. The rebels said they were going to reform the government, but they soon became famous for brutality. They...

Food from the sky.
September 1, 2002... "It's raining food," they cried, as bright yellow packages fell from the clear blue sky. In northern Afghanistan, starving people scurried to pick up the Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) that had been dropped from a U.S. Air Force aircraft in...

The Cuban exodus.
September 1, 2002... Miami's "Little Havana" is home to many Cuban refugees. Some fled the government of Fulgencio Batista; later, others fled Fidel Castro's regime. Cuba, a large island only 90 miles from Florida, had experienced 60 years of unrest under one...

`A massacre to our hearts'.
September 1, 2002... Palestinian refugees are one of the largest and longest-existing refugee populations in the world. Their story began with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, which resulted in the creation of an entire population of refugees. With...

Getting to know all about you.
September 1, 2002... When we think of the word "refugee," we often think of expressions such as "people on the run" and terms like "persecution" and "tyranny." However, it is important to remember that while refugees are fleeing their old home, they are, at the...

World refugees crossword.
September 1, 2002... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Across: 1. -- displaced persons are refugees in their own country. 5. An--is a restriction imposed on trade by a government. 6. Many Cuban refugees live in a section of Miami called-- --. (two words) ...

Writers yearning to be free.
September 1, 2002... Imagine writing a poem without pencil, pen, or paper. Now imagine writing not one, but 192 poems only in your memory. Nguyen Chi Thien did such a thing. Jailed without trial in Hanoi, Vietnam, for his anti-communist poems, Chi Thien was...

Letters.
September 1, 2002... Dear FACES, My students and I truly enjoy reading your terrific FACES magazine. After having read "Jamaica," we decided it would be great fun to create our own coats of arms. Here are nine of our projects that students wanted to share with...

In Their Own Voices: Teenage Refugees Speak Out. (Books).
September 1, 2002... What is it like to flee your home and family to create a new life in a new country? Each book in this series focuses on teens from a particular country who have done just that. Up to eight narratives in each book begin with a brief profile of...

If the World Were a Village.
September 1, 2002... by David Smith, illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong Sharing the crowded space called Earth can get complicated. This book offers a simple way to understand things by imagining the world as a village of 100 people, where each inhabitant...

The Roses in My Carpets.
September 1, 2002... by Rukhsana Khan, illustrated by Ronald Himler Strong emotions swirl through the mind of a young refugee boy from Afghanistan while he tends to his chores, works hard at school, and learns to weave carpets. As he imagines beautiful designs...

Journey Between Two Worlds.
September 1, 2002... Books in this series include profiles of Eritrean, Hmong, Kurdish, Russian Jewish, Sudanese, and other families. The volumes include detailed information on the history and political climate of the refugees' homeland, and conversations with the...

Ten Thousand Children.
September 1, 2002... by Anne L. Fox and Eva Abraham-Podietz This anthology contains the true stories told by adults who, 50 years ago, escaped the Holocaust on the Kindertransport trains that brought them to safety in England. Though they were luckier than...

Our Journey from Tibet.
September 1, 2002... by Laurie Dolphin, photographs by Nancy Jo Johnson With only a paid guide and a group of other children for company, nine-year-old Sonam makes the dangerous and illegal journey out through the Himalayan Mountains. many thousands of children...

The Other Side of Truth.
September 1, 2002... by Beverly Naidoo One ordinary morning, 12-year-old Sade's mother is killed in a violent political murder. Her journalist father, a vocal critic of the corrupt military government in Nigeria, arranges for Sade and her younger brother to be...

One world. (On-Line).
September 1, 2002... This site serves as an Internet community of more than 1,000 organizations working on human rights and sustainable development worldwide, in order to prevent the conditions that force refugees to flee their homes. The links to recent news and...

Cyber school bus. (On-Line).
September 1, 2002... This is the place to find quizzes, geography, news, and research on issues of global and regional importance, all in a student-friendly format. There is also a teacher's kit called "Human Rights, Refugees, and UNHCR" that includes posters and...

Think about it ...
September 1, 2002... Imagine that you are a refugee forced to flee, leaving your home, family, and belongings. What feelings do you think you would experience? Write them clown in a journal entry. Now, imagine that a new student has joined your class and you...