Miles4Migrants: Credit Card Rewards Donations Can Help Reunite Families and Bring Refugees to Safety By Adam West “As the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. But sometimes, it begins with a single post on Reddit. One thread was devoted to travelers discussing how they used their frequent flyer …
After spending five years in limbo as refugees in Jordan, Abdulghani, his wife and three children could hardly contain their excitement when they arrived in Morden this weekend.
“We already feel like home in Morden,”
Andy Freedman is one of the co founders of Miles4Migrants which is an organization that helps reunite families by using unused frequent flyer miles. Boston 25’s Butch Stearns profiles this great organization
Starting this Pride Month, MileagePlus members can donate miles to support the reunification of refugees and asylum seeking individuals through United’s Miles on a Mission Platform
“What’s incredibly valuable about Andy and Miles4Migrants’ story is the power of volunteerism and how it really takes a village. Andy and his two co-founders all currently volunteer their time to manage their organization. All work day jobs and are actively engaged husbands and fathers in addition to running this organization.”
“He asked me why I left him. He thought and felt — in his heart — that I had left him,” he told CBS News in Spanish. “But I have explained why it happened.”
“A father’s role is to guide to a better future. Being separated from [my kids] was like taking their home away from them. Our lives were divided. [Reuniting with my kids] was inexplicable joy.” -Sam, West African refugee, granted asylum in the US and flown by #Miles4Migrants to his new home
“I’m so happy to have him here,” Marta said. She had been unable to sleep for months over concern for her son, but on Wednesday morning, Marta was sleeping so soundly she slept through her alarm.
“This was the first night I didn’t have to worry about him,” she said.
A mothers embrace with her daughter. Ixcell and Dalia together again.
“Members of a Thai folk music group who feared for their lives because of their fiercely antiestablishment songs are celebrating this week after being admitted to France to seek refugee status.”