Here at the Refugee Empowerment Center\u2014people are hard at work looking to welcome Afghanistan refugees coming to the United States, some of which will call Omaha home.<\/p>\n
A worker at REC said that the organization has resources available to refugees. He would know better than most about what that help means for refugees\u2014he used to be one.<\/p>\n
\u201c[I worked on] projects for United Nations, agencies and also for other non-governmental organizations in Africa, and I’m here right now in Omaha, helping refugee programs- Refugee Empowerment Center,\u201d said Gorod Daful, Director of Programs at REC.<\/p>\n
Gorod Daful was born in Somalia during a time of civil war. As a young child he moved to Kenya as a refugee, then later the United States.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s lived here for about 14 years- now, he works for the agency that helped change his life.<\/p>\n
\u201c[We were escaping persecution], there was a civil war in Somalia in 90-91, and everybody was fleeing for their lives,\u201d said Daful. \u201cPeople were actually running from the proto-killings by the militia people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Refugee empowerment Center is one of a few organizations in Omaha that help refugees.<\/p>\n
This can be anything from housing assistance, finding employment, transportation and more.<\/p>\n
Other organizations include Lutheran Family Services, Omaha Refugee Task Force One, and Restoring Dignity.<\/p>\n
Daful said, \u201cWe do resettle a few refugees every year. Refugee Empowerment has been here in Omaha for almost 20 years. They started doing resettlement in 2001.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now the organization is working on a pilot initiative. This would give refugees a community sponsor or volunteer to help in their initial resettlement.<\/p>\n
The initiative is still in the works, but the foundation for it has been laid out.<\/p>\n
They hope they can make the resettlement as smooth as possible by having someone who is familiar with the community and can translate.<\/p>\n
Source: Fox42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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