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Refugee Outreach Of Kalamazoo Analysis

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Refugee Outreach of Kalamazoo is one of the most active organizations on Western Michigan University campus as well as outside the Kalamazoo area. I thought about joining an organization since my arrival to Western michigan University, because I wanted to help the community through voluntary work around the area and I was able to find something that I was interested during the bronco bash event on campus. I attended their first meeting of the Fall and I was impressed by the ideas of the members of the organization, I also noticed that they have members who went to study abroad in Europe and they help refugees who are in refugee camps in Greece and we had the opportunity to talk to them through skype. I went home and decided to become an active …show more content…

They have a couple of activities that can be beneficial to the Kalamazoo refugee community. Nathan, the president of the Refugee Outreach of Kalamazoo in Western Michigan University, he said “Our duty is to make sure that refugees are getting the support that they deserve in their new home.” He added “since it’s the election year, we see how some politicians are dehumanizing refugees and giving the wrong picture to the American people to get advantage of the voters who are not happy by the current political situation.” Raising awareness about refugees who are resettled to the Kalamazoo area is the number one goal of the organization, although some refugees from Syria arrived by the beginning of the year some more will be coming by the end of the year and our hope is to provide them a welcoming …show more content…

In an interview conducted with Lujain, the volunteer coordinator of Refugee Outreach of Kalamazoo, she stated that “there are volunteers who are working with refugees whose English is nos their first language in the Kalamazoo Islamic Center. Volunteers from Refugee Outreach Kalamazoo participate every Saturday with volunteers from the community to help refugees learn English so that they will be able to fit within the community, however the most important thing is they are getting the help they need to survive in their new home. Ellie is a volunteer that works as a tutor from Refugee Outreach of Kalamazoo, she said “I am happy that I’m doing something to help refugees who have been through a lot of things before they come to the United States, also this refugees experienced war and horror and they deserve much better treatment from our community. She added, I’m looking forward to see this refugees leading their successful life and become the ones who will be contributing for our community in Kalamazoo and the United States in general.” I went to observe the volunteers in the Center on Saturday and the were doing an outstanding job by teaching adults and kids English

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