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Yearning to ease his family’s burden at age 15, Palestinian-Syrian refugee Mohammad Hameed embarked on a path of dedicated learning and selfless service.

Asylum-seekers in Italy found work making the country’s famous Brunello wine. A local non-profit in the region helps migrants find jobs while their paperwork is being processed. Instead of having the migrants turn to illegal work in order to make the money they need for schooling or for their families back home, the organization helps them find legal jobs. At the vineyards they learn the wine making process and how to cultivate the crops to make the product properly. The goal of the program is to prevent migrants from being exploited in illegal work.

A bag of Incaparina, a colorful bag of cereal, costs just $1.15 in Guatemala. But for 97% of households helped by the nonprofit 32 Volcanoes, that is less than the amount they earn in a day. In response Bonifaz Díaz, an actor and avid biker, has cycled more than 1,200 miles from household to household to exchange donated books for bags of Incaparina to give to families in need. His efforts feed nearly 400 kids, with food deliveries sometimes weighing over 100 pounds for him to transport.

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Israeli military digger works on the border with Lebanon in the northern Israeli town of Metula, Tuesday, Dec. 4. The Israeli military launched an operation on Tuesday to 'expose and thwart' tunnels built by the Hezbollah militant group it says stretch from Lebanon into northern Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

BYU alumna Hayley Smith, right, interacts with the refugees in Lesbos, Greece. Smith's older sister, Maren Butcher, said the refugees' faces 'light up' when they see Smith. (Shannon Ashton Photography)