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thomasr269
Apr 15, 20241 min read
"We want a better life." 2 brothers who came to the U.S. from Tanzania, where they lived as refugees, share their story
https://www.ksmu.org/show/sense-of-community/2024-03-29/we-want-a-better-life-2-brothers-who-came-to-the-u-s-from-tanzania-where-they-liv...
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thomasr269
Apr 15, 20241 min read
International Institute staff work to get resettled refugees into the workforce
https://www.ksmu.org/show/sense-of-community/2024-03-28/international-institute-staff-work-to-get-resettled-refugees-into-the-workforce
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thomasr269
Apr 15, 20241 min read
The language and cultural barrier can be high when a refugee arrives in the U.S. The Welcome Family Program in Springfield is helping them overcome that
https://www.ksmu.org/show/sense-of-community/2024-03-28/the-language-and-cultural-barrier-can-be-high-when-a-refugee-arrives-in-the-u-s-t...
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thomasr269
Apr 15, 20241 min read
An Afghan refugee and her family have been rebuilding their lives in the Ozarks for 3 years
https://www.ksmu.org/show/sense-of-community/2024-03-27/an-afghan-refugee-and-her-family-have-been-rebuilding-their-lives-in-the-ozarks-f...
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thomasr269
Apr 15, 20241 min read
When refugees resettle in the Ozarks, volunteers ‘are like a family’
https://www.ksmu.org/show/sense-of-community/2024-03-27/when-refugees-resettle-in-the-ozarks-volunteers-are-like-a-family
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thomasr269
Apr 15, 20241 min read
From displacement to new beginnings, a long journey home to the Ozarks.
https://www.ksmu.org/show/sense-of-community/2024-03-26/from-displacement-to-new-beginnings-a-long-journey-home-to-the-ozarks
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thomasr269
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Here's how volunteers in Missouri’s 3rd-largest city welcome refugees to the Ozarks
https://www.ksmu.org/show/sense-of-community/2024-03-26/heres-how-volunteers-in-missouris-3rd-largest-city-welcome-refugees-to-the-ozarks
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thomasr269
Apr 15, 20241 min read
'We started from zero.' Najma Hadid describes her path from Somalia to the United States
https://www.ksmu.org/show/sense-of-community/2024-03-25/we-started-from-zero-najma-hadid-describes-her-path-from-somalia-to-the-united-st...
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thomasr269
Apr 15, 20241 min read
The International Institute of Southwest Missouri has helped resettle 860 refugees since it opened in Springfield in 2013
https://www.ksmu.org/show/sense-of-community/2024-03-25/the-international-institute-of-southwest-missouri-has-helped-settle-860-refugees-...
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thomasr269
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Springfield organizations partner to make learning English easier for refugee parents
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2023/12/04/springfield-educators-nonprofits-help-refugees-learn-english/71728117007/?...
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zarazap
Apr 6, 20221 min read
Afghan refugees could arrive in Springfield in a few weeks' time — and they need help
Over the next few months, Springfield will become home to a hundred refugees fleeing Afghanistan and the nonprofit charged with...
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zarazap
Apr 6, 20222 min read
Congolese SPS students participate in Leadership Workshop
At a special city council meeting Dec. 6, eight members of a mock city council discussed youth homelessness, raising the minimum wage and...
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