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Photo: AP/Sayyid Azim, accessed from VPR website

Vermont Public Radio celebrated the hard-won achievements of several Somali Bantu refugees on the January 26 broadcast of Vermont Edition.

Lai Len Thang at World Relief Spokane

Through hard work, perseverance and patience, Lai Len Thang joined the ranks of Spokane’s entrepreneurs two year after arriving in the United States from a refugee camp in Malaysia.

A group of Burmese refugees at Aliiances Office talk about the challanges to save money

Fariba Rezaie is from Iran and came as a refugee to United States in 2006. She came by herself, leaving behind her son with her family. She found a job in Atlanta but after getting injured, she had to stop working. During her recovery, she realized she wanted to start her own bakery so she could bring her son to America.

The following pictures were taken at the Refugee Agriculture Partnership Program Workshop hosted this year by the International Rescue Committee of San Diego December 15-17, 2011.

Larry Laverentz of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (above) and Hugh Joseph of ISED Solutions (below) manage the RAPP program and oversee the annual workshop.

Omer and his family arrived in the US from Turkey as refugees. After 40+ years living in Iraq and 20+ years as a cook and restaurant owner, Omer left his homeland tired of worries after the kidnapping of his son Abdullah and struggles to get by. He obtained the refugee status and sold his business and most of his properties, determined to tap into his business experience from Iraq with the purpose of providing for his family while living in peace.

Currently, in Sioux Falls, SD seven Burma’s women have been included in Daycare Education Class. They will graduate on January 24th. .  This week they are  learning  CPR and First Aid.

On this photograph  Twar Meh is doing The Heimlich Maneuver for Choking Adult.

Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota Refugee and Immigration Center provides 6 Cores Services to Refugees.