In honour of the elders returning from their summer break, I thought I would share one of my favourite video clips about refugees. This video was produced by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), one of the national voluntary agencies (also known as VOLAGs) who resettle refugees in the United States. Migration and Refugee Services of Catholic Charities is connected to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and Kentucky Refugee Ministries is affiliated with two different national VOLAGs: Church World Service (CWS) and Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM)...yes, we like our acronyms in refugee resettlement.
But it doesn't matter with which national acronym your local resettlement agency is affiliated; the national VOLAGs, as well as all the local resettlement agencies across the nation, work to provide the same services to their clients. I think it's important for all of us who work in resettlement or volunteer with refugees to stop periodically and remind ourselves why we do what we do; this video provides us with the perfect opportunity to do just that:
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