Trainees
Meet Mbeleci
Mbeleci doesn’t have any direct memories of her native Congo. She grew up, went to school, got married, and had her four children in the Nyarugusu Refugee camp before she...
Meet Mbeleci
Mbeleci doesn’t have any direct memories of her native Congo. She grew up, went to school, got married, and had her four children in the Nyarugusu Refugee camp before she...
Meet Ghebreselasie
Ghebreselasie, or Kentiba to friends, beams when he talks of freedom: freedom to get on a bus and not be stopped. To be with his family. He doesn’t take things...
Meet Ghebreselasie
Ghebreselasie, or Kentiba to friends, beams when he talks of freedom: freedom to get on a bus and not be stopped. To be with his family. He doesn’t take things...
Meet Pio
Born in Bikuvu, DRCongo, Pio’s family fled to Thailand when he was 5. He has fond, vivid memories of the great weather, crazy traffic, and good friends at the International...
Meet Pio
Born in Bikuvu, DRCongo, Pio’s family fled to Thailand when he was 5. He has fond, vivid memories of the great weather, crazy traffic, and good friends at the International...
Meet James
James was 11 when he left Maryland, Liberia to stay with his aunt in a refugee camp in Cote d’Ivoire. He arrived in RI in November of 2019 along with...
Meet James
James was 11 when he left Maryland, Liberia to stay with his aunt in a refugee camp in Cote d’Ivoire. He arrived in RI in November of 2019 along with...
Meet Welde
Welde, originally from Liberia, joined her extended family here in Rhode Island in December of 2019. Welde is 18 and is now studying for the GED, but she knew she...
Meet Welde
Welde, originally from Liberia, joined her extended family here in Rhode Island in December of 2019. Welde is 18 and is now studying for the GED, but she knew she...
Meet Elisabet
Elisabet remembers Shemelba Refugee Camp (Ethiopia) as a place without a curfew “where we could play and hang out with other kids.” Life was slower, though food limited and there...
Meet Elisabet
Elisabet remembers Shemelba Refugee Camp (Ethiopia) as a place without a curfew “where we could play and hang out with other kids.” Life was slower, though food limited and there...