RebelHQ: “How your frequent flier miles can help refugees”
Miles4Migrants Co-Founder Andy Freedman speaks with TYT’s Cenk Uygur about the history and impact of Miles4Migrants.
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Mrs. Nshombo’s Story
[Mrs. Nshombo] was so happy to see her daughter this 20th of August 2018 at Brussels Airport after 8 years separation.
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The Points Guy: “Meet the People Using Air Miles to Reunite Migrant Families”
“As the plight of migrants around the world — from those ripped apart by the conflict in Syria to the children separated from their parents by the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance approach on border crossings — has occupied the news, more and more nonprofits have resorted to accepting points and miles as donations, using well-wishers’ loyalty programs to reunite those who haven’t seen their loved ones in years. Among them is Miles4Migrants…”
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Nonprofit Quarterly: “Nonprofit Uses Donated Frequent Flyer Miles to Reunite Families”
Miles4Migrants was featured in NonProfit Quarterly
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New York Times: “Millions of Frequent Flier Miles Are Donated to Reunite Families Separated at Border”
Miles4Migrants was started in 2016, but received millions of extra donated miles after a tweet by a law professor in Michigan went viral.
Ghassan’s Story
[Ghassan, his wife, Zainab, and their five children] were reunited in April 2018 after over two long years apart!
ABC: “People donate millions of frequent flyer miles to help reunite families after professor’s viral tweet”
After Wilensky’s tweet, Miles4Migrants received almost 7 million miles.
CNN: “People are donating their frequent flyer miles to reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border”
“I am looking at my family right now and it is like I am in a dream, but it is real, I can’t believe it,” one of the families previously reunited by Miles4Migrants, shared this moment.
BuzzFeed News: “People Are Donating Millions Of Frequent Flyer Miles To Reunite Immigrant Families”
“We just used some to fly a 3-year-old and his dad, who had been separated at the border, from Michigan (where the son had been taken) to their extended family.”
Business Insider: “People are donating their frequent flyer miles to help reunite separated immigrant families”
A viral tweet has inspired people to donate millions of frequent flyer miles to help reunite immigrant families separated at the US border