Mawa was torn away from his family by Sudan’s civil war. After a decade apart, he was finally able reunite with his children with the help of the International Rescue Committee in Baltimore. 

Every Saturday, on his day off, Suamhirs Piraino-Guzman who works with the International Rescue Committee as an advocate for survivors of human-trafficking, volunteers to work with a group of teenage boys separated from their families at the United States border.