refugee youth
Submitted by Loveextremist on Mon, 02/18/2008 - 20:03.
This program tutors and mentors refugee youth in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood. The students are mainly Somali Bantu with a few Sudanese students.
The Somali Bantu have been historically oppressed in their home nation of Somalia and when civil war broke out in 1991 they fled their home to seek refuge in Kenyan refugee camps. Years later, the United States allowed the Somali Bantu to be classified as "refugees" and to make the United States their new home.
Submitted by kyrmrow on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 16:03.
Due to Louisville's large federal refugee resettlement program, there is a constant influx of refugees. Approximately seven percent of America's immigrants are refugees, while Louisville's share is almost twice the national at 15 percent. As victims of trauma, refugee youth need guidance and direction. Some children, however, need extra support due to their exceptionally difficult past. New Beginnings, a mentoring program supported by Kentucky Refugee Ministries, will provide extra support to youth in need.
