Jose Mujica, Uruguay's Humble Ex-President, Offers To House 100 Syrian Refugee Children

posted on: Sep 11, 2015

Since the Syrian conflict began in 2011, over 2 million Syrians have been displaced from their homes and forced to migrate to other areas.  Most refugees fled to Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. Others flocked to cities in Germany and Hungary, hoping to find a safe haven and a new lease on life.

In response to the Syrian crisis, an outpouring of aid has been offered by many nations. Germany, for example, offered so much aid to migrating Syrians, the police became “overwhelmed” and asked them to kindly desist. And when Iceland’s government capped its Syrian refugee number at 50, over 10,000 Icelanders opened up their homes to help those in crisis.

Now, the world’s “poorest ex-president” – though the richest in spirit and humility – has opened up his home in Uruguay to one hundred children orphaned by the Syrian civil war. *Note: Jose Mujica is now Uruguay’s ex-president, as his term ended in March 2015. He was, however, already involved in offering assistance to Syrian refugees last year (October 2014), and continues to play a major role in softening the crisis.

Source: www.trueactivist.com