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Public Meeting Today on Mass. Agenda for Immigrants, Refugees

Posted November 19th, 2008 by Anonymous
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Source: 
Mass. Executive Office of Health & Human Services
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Mass. Executive Office of Health & Human Services

 

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services issued the following news release today:

Ethnic Arts Bazaar

Posted October 30th, 2008 by Mary
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2008-11-08 11:00


Traditional/Ethnic Arts Marketplace

Story Location
146 Wyllys St. (Institute for Community Research)
Hartford, CT, 06106
United States
See map: Google Maps

Open House: Refugee Arts

Posted August 9th, 2008 by Mary
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2008-08-23 13:00
2008-08-23 16:00


REFUGEE ARTS Open House 

AT:  Institute for Community Research 
       2 Hartford Square West, Suite 100

Story Location
146 Wylyss St.
Hartford, CT
United States
See map: Google Maps

Refugees in Massachusetts Helped by Health Care, Education, Community Groups

Posted June 22nd, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
M. Thang
Richard Chacón, director of the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, coordinates state policies and programs that help refugees and immigrants. (courtesy photo: Richard Chacón)

Richard Chacón, director of the

World Refugee Day

Posted June 1st, 2008 by Mary
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2008-06-19 00:00

Burmese Restaurateur Raises Money for Cyclone Nargis Survivors

Posted May 18th, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
M. Thang
Map of Burma (called Myanmar by the country's military government). (Image from state.gov)

On May 3, 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck Burma, leaving thousands dead, missing or destitute.

Flooded areas of Burma as a result of Cyclone Nargis. See satellite image of submerged areas at nasa.gov. (Image from NASA.gov)

Burundian Refugees Embrace New Lives in Nashua, NH

Posted May 18th, 2008 by Anonymous
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Daniel Nyabenda is one of 39 Burundian refugees who is starting a new life in New Hampshire – free of civil war, crowded camps and biweekly 10.5-ounce food rations. (Photos: Eduardo A. de Oliveira, NEWz. See group photo at bottom of Web page.)

If you think you have problems, meet Daniel Nyabenda, an African refugee who has never had a home in his 32 years of life.

In Nashua, NH, 34 Burundians are finding peace as they transition into American culture. Here, 13 of them pose for a NEWz photo with Don Job of United Methodist Church. (Photo: E. A. de Oliveira, NEWz)

"Lost Boys of Sudan" Use Education, Employment to Help Those Back at Home

Posted March 30th, 2008 by Mary
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Source: 
BayStateBanner.com
Writer: 
Daniela Caride
Peter Nhiany, who has lived in the U.S. since 2001, is raising funds with fellow Curry College students to build a well in his native Bor in Sudan, where villagers walk miles to find clean water. (Photo: Daniela Caride, baystateBanner.com)
Adier Anyang, a student at Bunker Hill Community College, is one of 3,800 Southern Sudanese orphans brought to the U.S. in 2001 due to civil war in Sudan that has killed 2 million people over the past 25 years. (Photo: Daniela Caride, baystateBanner.com)
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