Imagine that you need to leave your home in a hurry. For many of us, it could be the result of an environmental disaster \u2013 a flood, fire, or storm. But for millions of others across the globe, the reason they become displaced is much more sinister: war, genocide, or other mass atrocities.<\/p>\n
On Jan. 16, sixth-graders at Valley Beth Shalom Harold M. Schulweis Day School in Encino learned about the challenges facing refugees and internally displaced persons during an exercise led by Jewish World Watch. The students faced this central question: With just minutes to escape and begin a journey into the unknown, what would you take with you?<\/p>\n
You can try, too. Examine the list below and think about what you would grab first. What might be useful for survival? For bartering? What might be too heavy? Student had to choose just six items to bring.<\/p>\n
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The sad truth is that refugees rarely complete their journey to safety with even these few items. Bags get lost or abandoned at critical moments. Valuables are traded for food or other essentials. People get hurt and must lighten their load.<\/p>\n
For millions across the globe, flight is a brutal \u2013 and daily — reality. Today, more than 65 million people, roughly the equivalent of the population of France, are displaced worldwide, many fleeing genocide and mass atrocities.<\/p>\n
Jewish World Watch supports both sustainable and emergency direct-relief programs that improve the lives of people from places like Burma\/Myanmar<\/a>, Syria<\/a>, Darfur<\/a>, South Sudan<\/a>, and Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a>. With your help, JWW advocates for legislation to help end ongoing conflicts, as well as prevent future conflicts from breaking out.<\/p>\n You can help transform the world. Learn<\/a> about ongoing conflicts. Take action<\/a> by reaching out to your local Representative or signing a petition. Join this year\u2019s Walk to End Genocide<\/a>. Donate<\/a> to support Jewish World Watch\u2019s efforts to fight genocide and mass atrocities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Imagine that you need to leave your home in a hurry. For many of us, it could be the result of an environmental disaster \u2013 a flood, fire, or storm. But for millions of others across the globe, the reason they become displaced is much more sinister: war, genocide, or other mass atrocities. On Jan.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":20601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news-features","category-176","category-188","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}