Jun 4 10
New languages available in beta
Today we are happy to present the Refugees United search engine in 19 languages. It’s been a difficult journey, and we’ve learned a lot about translation and multi-lingual websites. And we’re not quite there yet. These 18 new languages are mostly complete, but for the next few weeks there are likely to be minor issues, small bits of text that weren’t translated correctly, or are still empty, and bits of text that won’t quite fit on the button they’re supposed to fit on. We’re also working to add another 6 languages, which need to go back to the translators one…
Jun 3 10
Rwanda: Refugees Get ID’s
Kigali — The government yesterday officially began issuing Identity Cards to refugees, an exercise that will see over 20,000 refugees from several countries given identification documents. The inaugural launch that saw 20 refugees get identity cards, took place at the premises of APAPE secondary school in Gikondo, Kicukiro District. While addressing the beneficiaries and officials from UNHCR, Innocent Ngango, the Executive Secretary of the National Council for Refugees (NCR) in the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugee affairs, elaborated on the importance of issuing the cards. “Refugees living in Rwanda are also entitled to identification just like other citizens, and…
Jun 2 10
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May 31 10
The daily struggles of refugee life in Nairobi (photo story)
Highly recommendable photo story on urban refugees in Kenya by the IRC. Check out this link.
May 28 10
Norwegian cyclist puts spotlight on refugees
‘The Shirt,’ made of up of 600 football shirts from around the world, is displayed before 70,000 fans at the opening of Soccer City, where the World Cup final will be played on July 11. Bjorn Heidenstrom has almost reached the end of a marathon journey that has seen him bike through Europe and Africa over the past year to raise awareness about refugees among football players and supporters. The former professional footballer from Norway arrived in Johannesburg just in time to attend last Saturday’s gala opening by South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma of Soccer City, the new 94,700-seat stadium…
May 27 10
Refugees learn skills
Translator Bhakti Adhikari of Burlington chats with his neighbor Sha Mongar, 62, who particpates in the New Farms for New Americans program at the Winooski Valley Community Garden area in Burlington. By Lynn Monty Droupada Luitel chatted with friend Parvati Subedi as they walked to their garden plot at the Winooski Valley Community Garden area in Burlington recently. They had been working on their gardens for five days straight and May 20 they had some broccoli seedlings to plant. The produce they grow they will sell at local farmers markets. Translator Bhakti Adhikari of Burlington helped New Farms for New…
May 25 10
Internal Displacement at Record High in 2009
According to the report Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2009 by NRC’s Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, the number of IDPs continued to rise last year, predominantly due to longrunning internal conflicts. “The massive population movements and shocking violence are a sad reminder of the price that civilians pay in armed conflict,” said Elisabeth Rasmusson. “Millions of people were newly displaced by conflicts in which combatants did not meet their obligations to protect civilians.” 6.8 million people were newly displaced in 2009, many more than in previous years, the report shows. While there were no new conflicts, the…
May 21 10
Gift of transportation: Local refugees benefit from bike giveaway
Afghan refugee Zahra Tahir waits in line after selecting a bicycle Wednesday night at Lutheran Social Services in south Fargo. David Samson / The Forum For 19-year-old Afghan refugee Zahra Tahir, getting her new bike Wednesday was something she looked forward to for months. The Fargo South High School student was one of about 140 refugees to receive a free bike as part of a giveaway project through area churches, Lutheran Social Services and the F-M Community Bike Workshop. A bike means big changes for Tahir, who is guardian to her two younger brothers. Before, even finding a way to…
May 20 10
Zambia’s last DR Congo refugees fear return home
Congolese refugees wash their clothes at Kala Refugee Camp MWANGE REFUGEE CAMP, Zambia — Ten years after fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Muzungu Makoi says he is still haunted by memories of massacres and refuses to leave his home in a refugee camp in Zambia. Four of his five children were born here, and the 51-year-old earns about two dollars a day selling sweets and razor blades from a ramshackle stall amid the plastic tenting and brick thatched homes. Nearly 34,000 Congolese refugees have already returned home to what passes for peace in the vast central African…
May 19 10
“Breaking the Silence” by BOSCO Uganda – Battery Operated Systems for Community Outreach Source: BOSCO Uganda (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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