Voices from the healing journey.
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"When the crisis happened, I had to flee my home country. I was desperate for a sustainable solution. A friend connected me with the co-founder of Mending Together. They helped me start a new life here in my new country. Without their support, I don’t think I could have managed the cultural transition process on my own. I am grateful for Mending Together."
— Mahtab*, Central Asian Human Rights Defender
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“I was in a completely different culture from my own, but because of the help I received from Mending Together, I did not feel the difficulties and hardship of culture shock as strongly. This allowed me to focus on healing from war trauma and grief of leaving my family behind. Now, I use the tools I learned to help new refugees transition and resettle.”
— Yahya*, Middle Eastern Refugee
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“I never thought I would experience secondary trauma and compassion burnout simply from working with refugees! Mending Together helped me realize that I was neglecting my own wellbeing. I'm glad that my organization contracted them to help us with debrief and intercultural coaching. Their work is important work to us in the field.”
— Olenka*, Eastern European Refugee Careworker