For many of the Congolese refugees who resettled through KRM’s Louisville office during this past year, Mandela Gapala greeted them at the airport with words of welcome in a shared language. At age 29, he speaks six languages, including English, …
starting a new life through sewing “Sewing is show and tell,” says Anna Gray Slagle, co-director of the Sewing Together in the Caring Highlands (STITCH) program. In a room full of women from Nepal, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, …
In your business, you strive for economic competitiveness, workforce development and diversity, and a healthy local economy. That’s why hiring a refugee could be the right decision for you. Work Ethic Refugees bring personal initiative, skills and a strong work …
I was born in 1986. Cuba was short of all kinds of supplies and the worst was yet to come. Each and every thing we consumed was acquired from the Soviet Union in exchange for some sugar, which, in a …
Mohamad Alkenss arrived alone to Louisville in May 2015, a couple months after his 21st birthday and almost three years after registering with the United Nations as a refugee. In 2012, he and his family fled Syria for Jordan. Old enough …
When Agnes walks into the room, the first thing you notice is her acute awareness of her surroundings. She doesn’t seem nervous, but instead very aware of what objects and people are around her, like a security camera that never …
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