Trainees

Meet Yasamin

Meet Yasamin

Yasamin speaks Dari, Turkish, Urdu, and Pashto, and is now quickly learning English. She graduated from the Female Administration and Accounting Institute in Kabul, Afghani- stan in 2015 and went...

Meet Yasamin

Yasamin speaks Dari, Turkish, Urdu, and Pashto, and is now quickly learning English. She graduated from the Female Administration and Accounting Institute in Kabul, Afghani- stan in 2015 and went...

Meet Nooria

Meet Nooria

Nooria grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city, where she was able to complete 9th grade before her family moved to Pune, India. Since she wasn’t an Indian citizen, she...

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Meet Nooria

Nooria grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city, where she was able to complete 9th grade before her family moved to Pune, India. Since she wasn’t an Indian citizen, she...

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Meet Karima

Meet Karima

This winter session we were joined by Karima along with three of her children. Originally from Kabul, Afghanistan, Karima lived in Turkey for seven years before being resettled in Rhode...

Meet Karima

This winter session we were joined by Karima along with three of her children. Originally from Kabul, Afghanistan, Karima lived in Turkey for seven years before being resettled in Rhode...

Meet Mmbanga

Meet Mmbanga

Mmbanga was born in Fizi, a village in DRCongo near Lake Tanganyika, the world’s longest freshwater lake. Her family were farmers, growing corn, cassava, potatoes, and peanuts. Farming the rocky,...

Meet Mmbanga

Mmbanga was born in Fizi, a village in DRCongo near Lake Tanganyika, the world’s longest freshwater lake. Her family were farmers, growing corn, cassava, potatoes, and peanuts. Farming the rocky,...

Meet Philemon

Meet Philemon

Philemon was born in DR Congo in 2001 and learned Swahili as his primary language. When he was 12, he moved to a refugee camp in Tanzania with his family....

Meet Philemon

Philemon was born in DR Congo in 2001 and learned Swahili as his primary language. When he was 12, he moved to a refugee camp in Tanzania with his family....

Meet Sedeqi

Meet Sedeqi

Sedeqi was born in Laghman Province in Afghanistan. His father was the principal of the local school, so education was naturally very important. The family moved to Kabul when Sedeqi...

Meet Sedeqi

Sedeqi was born in Laghman Province in Afghanistan. His father was the principal of the local school, so education was naturally very important. The family moved to Kabul when Sedeqi...