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Claire Peterson
Claire Peterson  ·  United States

Volunteer Commitment and Community Buy-in is the Key to a Refugee’s Success

“Ask us how to help! We will find a place for you. There are so many things people could do for us.”
Sarah Kolsto1
Sarah Kolsto  ·  United States

Volunteers: The Key to Successful Refugee Integration

“I want volunteers who are going to be advocates for our families and to do this work for their whole lives.”
Lauren Weinhold 1
Lauren Weinhold  ·  United States

Hard Work is Heart Work

Kansas City’s biggest resettlement agency welcomes newcomers with warm homes and hope for integration
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Abeer  ·  Iraq
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Mediatrice  ·  Burundi

Cultivating Community and Hope

Twenty Years in Refugee Camps Before Finding Home in Kansas City
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Souleyman  ·  Sudan

Surviving Darfur

We Left it All to Save Our Lives
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Muhammed  ·  Afghanistan

We Are Thirsty For Opportunity

If you want a job, go out and look! Finding employment as a refugee.
Hilary Cohen
Hilary Cohen Singer  ·  United States
Sarah Merwin
Sarah Merwin  ·  United States
Ryan Hudnell
Ryan Hudnell  ·  United States

I See You, I Want to Know You

How Refugees Weave Color into Our Communities
Martha
Martha  ·  Myanmar

A Burmese Woman Remembers Her Past and Finds Her Future in Farming

New Roots, A Farming Program for Refugees, Provides Job Security and Flexibility for a Burmese Woman
Len
Len  ·  Myanmar

A Woman From Myanmar Stands on Her Own Two Feet Through Farming

New Roots Provides Flexibility and Freedom for Myanmar Mothers
Aung
Aung  ·  Myanmar

Farming is Familiar

A Myanmar Refugee Grew up Farming and is Able to Continue to Learn and Farm in Her New Home
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Salai  ·  Myanmar

Farming is in My Blood

A Burmese Farmer Supplements His Income Through Programs at New Roots
Peng Bu
Peng Bu  ·  Myanmar

Self Expression and Happiness through Farming

New Roots Gives a Burmese Refugee New Knowledge and Experiences.
Rubi Hernandez
Rubi Hernandez  ·  Mexico
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