Posts Tagged ‘Tri Cities’
A letter from the Director
Office Director Kenneth Primus shares an update with World Relief Tri Cities friends and partners. Friends of World Relief Tri Cities, Thank you for your faithful work of welcome with World Relief, creating a community of love and welcome for our immigrant neighbors together with us. We all know the past 3 years have been…
Read MoreTEDxTalk: One Refugee’s Life Experience | Côme Nzibarega
Born and raised in Burundi, Côme Nziberaga has a gift for languages; he speaks five – French, Swahili, Kirundi, Amharic, and English. In 2005, languages helped him land a job as a translator for a United Nations peacekeeping force sent to Burundi, which for decades has been plagued by conflicts between the nation’s two largest…
Read MoreNever Expected to Be a Refugee: From Sunset to Sunrise
I never expected to be a refugee. I joined a university when I was 18 years old, enrolling in the English department at Basra (the Port of Iraq). At the end of my time there, I graduated second in my department. After graduation, I stayed two more years as a researcher’s assistant and then five more…
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