Trainees
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...
Meet Bertha
Bertha’s family resettled in Rhode Island when she was 15. The camp where she grew up in Malawi was a place without enough food, water, or clothing. People would often...
Meet Bertha
Bertha’s family resettled in Rhode Island when she was 15. The camp where she grew up in Malawi was a place without enough food, water, or clothing. People would often...
Meet Monique
One program Beautiful Day started piloting this year involves job training for a few teenage refugee students who want to learn how help pay the family bills. We’re proud to...
Meet Monique
One program Beautiful Day started piloting this year involves job training for a few teenage refugee students who want to learn how help pay the family bills. We’re proud to...
Meet Yonas
Meet Yonas! He is Kunama, an indigenous group of ancient ancestry in Eritrea. Born in a camp in Ethiopia, Yonas’ family resettled in the United States when he was 6.Yonas...
Meet Yonas
Meet Yonas! He is Kunama, an indigenous group of ancient ancestry in Eritrea. Born in a camp in Ethiopia, Yonas’ family resettled in the United States when he was 6.Yonas...
Meet Appoline
We interviewed Appoline via Zoom soon after our youth program went virtual. Appoline, who is a sophomore at a local high school, told us about some of the things she loves,...
Meet Appoline
We interviewed Appoline via Zoom soon after our youth program went virtual. Appoline, who is a sophomore at a local high school, told us about some of the things she loves,...