World Refugee Day, June 20

The Cause, The Players, The Hopes

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 19, 2026 / Today, June 20, organizations around the country and abroad are marking the United Nations-proclaimed World Refugee Day. They include nonprofits, national and local governments, universities, civic and community-based groups and others.

Why? Because more than 143 million forcibly displaced persons worldwide lack resources to meet their health, education, housing and other urgent needs. Their numbers are growing, while resources to assist them are declining.

Among them are well over 50 million homeless, stateless, hopeless children on the move, victims of war, conflict, climate disasters, poverty, human trafficking and other causes. Global media report on the conflicts and events that drive forced human mobility, but rarely, mention the tragedy of child victims.

Channel4Cause (C4C), a New York City-based social benefit company, focuses on children on the move. It created a pop song, "We All Stand Together," to heighten awareness and raise funds. It's message: "If we all stand together, not a break in the human chain, if we all stand together, we all stand to gain."

The Mission, TX Rotary Club connected C4C with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and its 95% Latino student chorus. C4C enlisted former American Idol music director Michael Orland and several colleagues who volunteered to create the song. It is available for $10 at stand4childrensong.com. Part of the proceeds will go to Global Impact Initiative, an Austin, TX-based nonprofit that helps refugees here and globally.

C4C partner and IT guru Mario Arancibia, created the C4C website and the systems that allow viewers of the song to download it and contribute their $10 to the cause. From his base in Chile, he enlisted the support of local experts who have helped advance the cause.

Some World Refugee Day programs feature screenings of C4C's documentary, "The Resilience of Innocence: The Making of the Stand Together Project." The film showcases the university's film students who worked alongside C4C partner, award-winning filmmaker Jeff Oppenheim to chronicle the journey of the many creators of the song. "The song helps raise awareness and funds," said Oppenheim. "The documentary illustrates what is possible when like-minded people unite behind a cause."

C4C partner Alibe Hamacher, a native of Chile who lived through the Pinochet dictatorship and came to the U.S. as a teenager, is the Executive Producer of the song and the documentary. She brings her expertise in United Nations agencies and global issues, and her consulting work for nonprofits.

"Over the last two years, we have learned about outstanding organizations that assist refugees here and abroad," said Hamacher. "Many, however, are unaware of groups that share their concerns. So, we envision creating an informal forum on human mobility to encourage sharing of best practices, challenges and victories."

Frank Gómez, also a C4C partner, hopes, as do his partners, that refugee advocates and organizations will subscribe and that their collaboration and sharing will help attract the resources to better address human mobility needs.

Contact: Frank Gómez, [email protected]

SOURCE: Channel4Cause