by Alexandra Watts | Jan 15, 2017
While others were traveling from around the country and dealing with flights and rental cars, I travelled the long journey of 15 minutes from Downtown Phoenix to Tempe. Even though I am close to my school, friends, parents and a Chipotle I frequent, I have still... by Alexandra Watts | Jan 13, 2017
Gul Siddiqi is the Arizona area manager of Helping Hand for Relief and Development. Siddiqi believes the biggest misconception about refugees is that they want to leave their country, when in fact, they’d prefer to stay in their home country. Click below to... by Alexandra Watts | Jan 12, 2017
Rice is just one of the food items included in containers being shipped to other countries. Various boxes of clothing in the Chandler warehouse. Gul Siddiqi, who manages the charity’s Arizona branch, working in her office. These boxes will be filled with... by Alexandra Watts | Jan 11, 2017
Despite Arizona’s reputation as being unwelcoming to immigrants, it has become a popular destination for refugees. More than 3,100 refugees arrived in the state in 2015, according to the federal government’s Office of Refugee Resettlement. The map below...