The Sweat4Syria 5K takes off this Saturday, May 19, in Louisville’s Iroquois Park. The full amount of the $20 registration will go toward the goal of raising $10,000 for Syrian refugees resettled in Louisville. The event was founded by four …
An update on a story featuring Ramez Alnashef Have you met Ramez Alnashef? He and his family arrived in Louisville, Kentucky, in January 2017. Almost one year after his arrival, Ramez has now become a Bilingual Associate Instructor at Rutherford Elementary! As part …
KRM is proud to partner with four community members who created and organized Sweat4Syria. On Saturday, May 19, participate in the Sweat4Syria charity 5K event at Iroquois Park. Your $20 registration fee will support Kentucky Refugee Ministries and Syrian refugees …
“I am proud to be a Syrian,” Fatima Alzreik says through an Arabic interpreter. “I am a Syrian in a big country of USA.” In August of 2017, Fatima and eight other Syrian refugees stepped into the kitchen at gralehaus, …
A Profile by KRM Caseworker Mariel Smith On February 9, 2014, Ramez Alnashef’s day began like any other: he woke up in his Aleppo apartment that morning, had breakfast with his wife Asmaa and their three young children, and headed …
Coming from Lamia, Greece, a city in the heart of the country, Ilias Pappas has worked very hard to be where he is today. Ilias moved to the United States in 1998 in order to attend college and has since …
On the day President Trump’s executive order suspended refugee arrivals, indefinitely banned Syrian refugees, and reduced fiscal year arrivals from 110,000 to 50,000, we talked to Mohamad Alkenss to hear what he thought.
[Above photo: Helal Sousi, right, pictured with her husband Maher at a KRM staff member’s home for a food tasting. Photo by Pedro Santiago, 2016.] Helal Sousi started cooking 26 years ago when she was married to Maher. She had success …
On Tuesday, December 8, 2015, Kentucky Refugee Ministries hosted a press conference organized by Louisville area faith leaders. Together, these 60+ leaders from the Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, and other faith backgrounds, created a position statement in support of refugee resettlement …
For Abdullatif Dalati, hospitality runs in the family. When he was a child, his father owned a restaurant in Syria, their home country. Abdullatif later took over ownership, growing to own four restaurants in Aleppo and Alrka. “The Syrian kitchen is …
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