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Refugee Elder Program Our field Trip to Lincoln’s Birthplace was such a fun way to enhance learned ESL & citizenship material on site! Many Refugee Elders were so happy remembering learned vocabulary and information that they continued to share their memories and impressions at lunch break! Learning has taken a whole new dimension!
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Art therapy classes with Joyce Ogden - Karen group!
(Highland United Methodist Church) Program Coordinator: Abby Webb
New volunteers and students!
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Early birds are Field Trip to Abraham’s Lincoln’s Birthplace welcome as early as New Volunteer & Students 8.30 am !! Birthdays
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Art therapy classes Our Karen group has been doing some amazing things!
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Right: See Lah likes flower designs and knows how to present them too!
Left: Ah Pay’s canvas….
Right: … and decorative box!
Right: Ler Htooni and his beautiful painting!
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Left: Bishnu (Bhutan) in front of her favorite statue
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Below: Durga & Nara(Bhutan) trying out historic hats
Below: Durga, Dharmananda, Sekhar, Hari, Raghu, Kamalapati, Man, Nara, Hari, Bishnu and in the front Shree & Tara( Bhutan) with Pah Noe (Karen state) and teacher Julie, Abby & Bhutanese interpreter at Lincoln’s cabin replica
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Right: Hussam (Iraq), Bhakta & Bhadri (Bhutan) at the picnic table
Left: Bhakta (Bhutan) and interpreter Dep Le & Hong (Vietnam) on the side of Lincoln’s cabin replica
Below: Intern Yongqiang, Bhadri (Bhutan), Abby & Dep Le & Hong (Vietnam) in the back
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Left: Bhakta (Bhutan) with Abby, Emma (Cuba), Hong (Vietnam) & interpreter Dep Le on the steps of Lincoln’s Memorial
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Right: Isabel & Emma(lef & right, Cuba) encircling interpreter Dep Le & Hong (Vietnam) at Lincoln’s Memorial
Right: Cuban group Jose, Martin, Delia, Francisco, Isabel & Emma in front of Lincoln’s cabin replica
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Left: Musa (Sudan) ready to get settled at
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Left: Josef (Iraq) posing on the steps of Lincoln’s memorial
Right: Martin (Cuba) and Hussam (Iraq) relaxing during the break
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Left: Emma preparing her lunch and Isabel (Cuba) joking with sharing hers with Jose while Hong (Vietnam) is completely undisturbed by all of it Below: Delia & Francisco (Cuba) caught joking at the picnic table
Above; Arabic interpreter Malik on the Memorial steps
Above: John, Wafiqa & Jolyanna (Iraq) with Arabic interpreter Malik and Abby at the picnic table with Josef (Iraq) and teacher Sarah 7
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Left: Jolyanna (Iraq/ Austria) preparing her lunch as does Emma (Cuba) while Bhadri & Bhakta (Bhutan)
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Right: Sudanese interpreter Salim & Musa (Sudan) finishing up desert
Left: Martin (Cuba) finishing up his water bottle while Hussam and his wife (Iraq) relax after lunch
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New Volunteers & Students Intern Yongqian is from Shandong, China, a licensed Social Worker in China (Social faculty in Shandong, Clinical University) and a doctoral student of Kent School of Social Work, University of Louis-
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ville. Yongqian is among the first to greet and engage our students at the Elder Program in the morning, is currently assisting in Michaela’s class, is also mentoring David (Karen) during his recovery, and helps at the Elder Program in general and in many other capacities at
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the KRM office. He has been an invaluable asset and a hard worker everywhere he stepped in! THANK YOU, Yongqian!
Durga & Bhakta (Bhutan) joined not long ago Sarah’s class and like it very much. Welcome, Durga and Bhakta!
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Birthdays May Cuba
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ISABEL
HARI
RHAGU
MODHR IRAQ
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ISABEL
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Rhagu (Bhutan) enjoying their birthday treats!
Hari and Modhr were not present, that day, but did not miss out on the cards later either!
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