Friday, October 23, 2026
refugees
Dana Thomson, the co-chair of Deerfield Valley New Neighbors, talks about challenges faced by recently resettled refugees. Mike Eldred
BRATTLEBORO - On Monday evening, the Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) held a meeting to educate the community about the respective histories of the countries that refugees recently resettled in southern Vermont came from. Those countries included, among others, Eritrea. In recent...
Merrill
Note: This is the second in a 2023 series on the war in Ukraine. In this installment we talk to Ann Merrill, an American who has lived and worked in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for almost two decades. Fluent in Ukrainian, Merrill translates for NGOs working in Ukraine as well as other work. News...
Mutalo, Penuel, and Nadia Vital in front of the draft horse mural at the Whitingham Municipal Center. The family has come to the United States from central Africa. M. Eldred
JACKSONVILLE - A family of refugees who arrived here in recent days will not be staying long-term, but were welcomed with open arms. The local volunteer group who helped get them settled will now prepare to welcome another family in the coming months, and will hold a film screening next week as a...
BRATTLEBORO - The tag sale team of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church will host an online auction to benefit the St. Michael’s Interfaith Refugee Fund with bidding open from Saturday, February 19, to Sunday, February 27. The auction will raise funds to help facilitate the resettlement of Afghan...
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