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A desire for justice

LOTS of people talk about ‘doing something’ to help refugees – but some people actually take it a step further.

Val Brown lives in Glasgow with her family and works for Christian Aid. She’s also a member of the World Mission Council of the Church of Scotland. Last year she and her family decided to offer a room to Omar, a refugee from Syria.

“It’s hard to remember exactly how I heard about the project,” she says.

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