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Displaced, disabled, and in need of our care

posted: June 24, 2008

Out of sight, out of mind. There is no better way to characterize the plight of the hundreds of thousands of refugees worldwide - most of them women, children, and the elderly - whose suffering is compounded by physical, sensory, or mental disabilities. There are few groups more neglected and marginalized. Read the op-ed by Amb. Jean Kennedy Smith published in the Boston Globe.

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