Topic: Bhutan
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Jan 10, 2017
Refugee Youth Get College & Career Ready With Help From This Innovative Program
Jan 10, 2017
For more than five years, JF&CS Pittsburgh has offered support specifically tailored to the needs of high school students. What started as a small summer program now reaches upwards of 60 high school juniors and seniors per year at two schools in the area.
Nov 4, 2016
Voting for the First Time, Former Refugees Embrace Democracy
Nov 4, 2016
“We became refugees in the first place because there was no democratic process, no freedom. So how can you stay in your house and say your vote doesn’t count?”
Jul 24, 2015
Guest Blog: What Visiting a Nepali Refugee Camp Taught Me
Jul 24, 2015
There are over 3,000 Bhutanese refugees in the Cleveland, Ohio area alone. Many of them eventually became my close friends, but while I had heard their stories I couldn’t quite picture the refugee camp where they had spent so much time waiting and hoping. So I decided to go to Nepal.