Hanan’s Success Story – Why Giving Tuesday Is Critical

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Giving Tuesday Featured Story - Stand with AIDNW as we provide vital services to immigrants like Hanan who escaped an abusive situation in her home country.

Elmer from Cuba

I was born in a small town in Cuba and owned two small businesses. Due to threats of prison and extreme political oppression, my wife and I decided I should try to immigrate to the U.S. to find a more secure life for our family.

Joyce from Kenya

“I left Kenya because I was involved in the August 2022 presidential election; the political party I supported didn’t win. Some people from the party that won made threats against people in my political party. I did not feel safe.”

Pedro from Venezuela

I left my home in Venezuela on the 21st of December of 2021 and I entered the United States on December 25th where I endured a difficult and complicated process of detention.
Rama from Nepal is in a beanie and heavy jacket is sitting in an aid tent with a surgical mask on his face.

Rama from Nepal

On a cold and windy November day, as the light was fading, Rama, an eighteen-year-old man from Nepal, walked out of the Northwest Ice Processing Center in Tacoma, WA, with no jacket on, wearing only a T-shirt.

Dmitry & Family from Ukraine

In 2018 , Dmitry and his wife traveled from Ukraine and crossed the US southern border together where they requested asylum. Dmitry was then sent to the Northwest ICE detention center in Tacoma, but his wife, who was pregnant, was sent to an ICE facility in Texas, then released. Dimitry did not know where she was -- ICE would not tell him.
Frankling From Nicaragua is smiling and giving two thumbs up with his hands.

Frankling from Nicaragua

Frankling worked in agriculture in Nicaragua until he was seventeen and later in construction or at markets. After the 2006 presidential election of Daniel Ortega, and during his three more 5-year terms after that, the political situation changed from support of democratic rights to dictatorial oppression of all classes of people.