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Eritrea's plight hit by Iraq war
Kelemtina Koshi is one of the 2,000 villagers in Binbina in western
Eritrea who for the second month running are having to survive on
drastically reduced rations. click
here
Public Housing residents take charge of their destiny
Article features community development and mobilization
among Rainier Vista residents, some East African residents. click
here
Jerry Large: look around and you'll see East Africa in
your neighborhoods click
here
Reflections of a local teenaged Eritrean immigrant click
here
Seattle Somalis look for lessons from Minnesota From
the Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Out of Africa : The Stranger (Seattle) Americanization
of African youth, to the dismay of their parents
http://www.thestranger.com/2001-07-12/feature.html
2000 Census Data for Africans in King Co -- Metro Seattle,
Tukwila, etc. click
here
In dozens of languages, Tukwila now means 'home'
The city perhaps best known as the home of Southcenter
mall has been transformed by immigration into the Puget Sound area's
global village. click
here
Out of Africa, into her waiting arms after 5 years
Half a world has separated Kahsa Weres from the children
she was forced to leave behind in her escape from slavery in war-ravaged
Ethiopia. But Tuesday night, she was reunited with the sons she
had not seen in five years. click
here
Museum film project gives voice to children of Muslim refugees
The boy, whose mother is from Sudan, speaks shyly into
the camera: "We have feelings like you do, and we're not too
far away from your color." The boy's words, part of a simple
film about a children's arts program, seem particularly poignant
in light of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. click
here
Naima's Song Story of a once Somali celebrity
stage actress now a refugee in Seattle. click
here
Learning the language: District to examine transition program
for new immigrants Faced with an increasingly diverse student
body, the Seattle School District next month will launch the largest
review of its immigrant-education program in more than two decades...
click
here
Too late to catch up?
Escaping war and anarchy in their homeland, many Somali
immigrants start school here as 'preliterate' teens: smart and motivated
but lacking any reading skills. For them and for the schools, it's
a struggle. click
here
Language explosion hits melting pot classrooms
Language and cultural differences among immigrants in schools,
features Somali immigrants click
here
Harborview debates issue of circumcision for muslim girls
click
here
Ethiopian churches meet spiritual, practical needs
When a crisis arises in the local Ethiopian community -- a car accident,
a house fire, a teen problem -- the Rev. Berhanu Waldemariam usually
hears about it from members of one of the five Ethiopian churches
in Seattle. The needs and the assistance are more plentiful these
days. click
here
East Africans' Computer Center
In East Africa, borders, language, religion and war divide people.
But in Seattle, a new city-financed computer center offers basic
instruction to a diverse, 15,000-population East African community.
At the center, healing relationships are emerging along with understanding
of e-mail spam and software.
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/local/comp11.shtml
For Somalis, a Home and Haven; Residents of U.S. Fight
Deportation as Too Dangerous
From
the Washington Post
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia says UNMEE "increasing
border tension" more...
ERITREA: Rains do not mean drought is over (UN Office of the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs” more...
For Somali refugees a dazzling start to a safer life-NY Times more...
The Lost Girls of Sudan more...
Bantus face high hurdle in modern, strange land more...
Samseh Saleh: “Take yourself seriously” more...
Tale of the Lost Boy
http://www.archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi_bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=nextsudan13&date=20030712&query=Sudanese
Eritreans gather today to celebrate new center more...
High School Graduates 2003: In their own words more...
URL: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/125860_gradmoises10.html
Burdens of war remain with refugees more...
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