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In the run-up to the 2020 United States presidential election, the ̽����ѡ asked the refugees and immigrants that we serve why voting is important to them.

Over 4 million Venezuelans seeking safety in other South American countries now face the added threat of COVID-19. ̽����ѡ Voice and actor Morena Baccarin recently caught up with ̽����ѡ country director Marianne Menjivar, who she met in 2019 during a visit to ̽����ѡ programs in Colombia.

Ammar is a refugee from Syria living in Greece. He spent 10 months living in a camp on the Greek islands before moving to Athens, where he now volunteers to keep people safe and fed during COVID-19. “Since this pandemic started, my first response was to help out,” he says.  Learn more about the essential contributions of refugees like Ammar during COVID-19 and beyond.  

People living in crowded refugee camps have no way to "social distance." Learn how the ̽����ѡ team in Kenya's Kakuma camp, now home to some 194,000 refugees, is helping people stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chef Noori fled Afghanistan with his family in 2015. Today, with the help of the ̽����ѡ, he is greeting Afghans arriving to the U.S. with meals to make them feel at home.

Here from Setayesh*, an aid worker in Afghanistan. She did not feel safe speaking on camera, so her words are read aloud by actress and ̽����ѡ Ambassador Lena Headey.