Together they have spent the better half of a century living alongside the world's most persecuted displaced people.
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Rowe Morrow and Lady Borton travelled to Wagga this week to share tales of their respective journeys.
A permaculturalist, Ms Morrow grew up in the Blue Mountains before spending 40 years in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.
"I'm outraged by war, I've seen far too much of it," Ms Morrow said.
"It's repugnant what it does to people and the environment but you never hear about that. It's always about where we've won or where we've lost, not about the toll that takes on the people and the places."
During her most recent travels, Ms Morrow taught environmental strategies to groups of Rohingya people who have been persecuted and displaced from Myanmar.
"We showed them how to clean the filthy water they had so that they could drink it," she said.
"We planted food and shady plants and showed them how to use dirty water from their washing to nourish their plants. This is the knowledge that they can take with them wherever they go.
"I was surprised that they were keen to learn it. I thought they'd be far too upset for it."
Ms Borton, who grew up in Virginia, USA has spent the past 50 years working in Vietnam.
Arriving towards the end of the Vietnam War, she spent her earliest years in the country travelling north to south, tending to the needs of the villagers left behind.
"I was in North Vietnam when the South fell, but I have always been interested in helping both sides, not only those who were allied with America," she said.
Researching in rural development, Ms Borton spent much of her time setting up drinking water wells, irrigation systems and pest controls on the war-torn land.
She has had insight into the land's unique problems from its residual chemicals and littering of dormant mines.
"Most often as I talk to people and look into the events, I've found what I've thought was true usually turns out not to be. It's just what I've been told as an American.
"On the other side as well, there are parts of the story that are missing. So we're learning together to piece together a true version."