Actress Piper Perabo writes about the experiences of Syrian refugees she met while visiting IRC programs in Greece in her role as an IRC Voice. She tells the story of a heart-wrenching choice one family had to make when they fled.
"One older woman confided to me that she was forced to leave her husband behind because he was an amputee unable to make the arduous journey. One of their children stayed behind to help him while the rest fled in hope of finding a safer place. Can you imagine?"
- Actress Piper Perabo, writing in Medium about the experiences of Syrian refugees she met while visiting International Rescue Committee programs in Greece last month in her role as an IRC Voice.