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VOICES FROM THE FIELDTHE IRC BLOG
Quoted: “I know what it is like to be a refugee"
February 2, 2011
By The IRC

Wilson Ballah (Photo: Peter Biro/IRC)
“I know what it is like to be a refugee. You feel very lost and you need a lot of help.”
- International Rescue Committee healthcare manager Wilson Ballah. Once, Ballah struggled to survive in a refugee camp. Today, back home in Liberia, he offers life saving medical aid to those in need.
Posted in Health, Liberia | Tags: refugees, aid workers, health, humanitarian, Ivorian refugees, Liberian refugees
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