Volunteer shop offers clothes, toiletries and humanity to migrants in NYC

The Little Shop of Kindness is run by volunteers who aim to provide migrants with anything they need, including clothes and intangible support, like help enrolling children in school. The World’s Bianca Hillier visits the store on New York’s Upper East side.

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