refugees
Submitted by chleaf68 on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 01:09.
PAIR (Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refuges) is a Rice student-led nonprofit organization that coordinates a number of educational programs that benefit the refugee community in greater Houston, Texas.
Submitted by l.logan08 on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 00:41.
On March 14, 2008, students across the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, Egypt, and the United Kingdom will wear purple in order to acknowledge the importance of addressing the ongoing crisis in Darfur.
The Purple for Peace occasion has been broadcasted all over the United States and other regions. News stations are being informed in cities all across America, and political offices are being notified.
The Purple for Peace USA movement is now fourty-one states strong. We also have active movements in the UK, the Netherlands, South Africa and Egypt.
Submitted by Kjerstin on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 00:09.
FORGE is a US-based international nonprofit organization that works with displaced communities in Africa. We invest in individuals affected by war to pursue education, economic self-sufficiency, and local development solutions in order to build capacity in African communities and lay the foundation for peace, stability and prosperity.
By investing in promising refugee individuals, FORGE provides opportunities for refugees to transform their home communities, both in camps and in the countries where they will eventually repatriate.
Submitted by tasmiah90 on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 21:37.
While many of us are sitting comfortably in our chairs feasting our eyes in front of the computer, thousands of people around the world are suffering. Last Thursday, a massive cyclone hit Bangladesh, leaving thousands of victims. There are thousands of people homeless, having nothing to eat. Currently the death toll is more than 3,100 and experts say that as rescuers search the outlands, the numbers may rise to as high as 10,000. With all these people in dire need, we are trying to assist these victims of disaster by raising awareness and fundraising.
Submitted by cwbroga on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 02:19.
Bridging the Gap (BTG) is a student-run service organization at the University of Virginia devoted to mentoring and tutoring refugee children resettled in the Charlottesville-Albemarle, VA area. BTG seeks to help refugee youth, typically ranging from 5 to 15 years of age, develop the tools necessary to obtain greater opportunities in U.S. society. BTG has only been in existence for one year yet includes over 90 student volunteers mentoring and tutoring nearly 80 refugee children.
The children in our program come from Somalia, Kenya, Congo, Thailand, Togo, Russia, and Burma.
Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sat, 08/26/2006 - 22:28.
In 2000, Angelica Salas won a BRICK Award for her work as the Executive Director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles, CA. A Mexican immigrant who came to the United States at age four with her teenage aunt and uncle to reunite with her parents, Angelica leads a multi-ethnic coalition that advocates for the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees in Los Angeles, helping increase naturalization rates by 400%.
