For over 100 years the https://www.iistl.org/ (International Institute of St. Louis) has been helping immigrants and refugees. President and CEO Arrey Obenson sat down again with Saint Louis In Tune to give us an update on the status of Afghan Immigrants and what changes have taken place. How can you help? Find out more at the links provided below.
[01:00] Background
[07:09] https://www.iistl.org/siv/ (Collaborative Effort for New Arrivals)
Housing
Food
Language
Health
[12:35] Setting up the Afghan Immigrants for Success
Establishment of a Community Center
Newspaper
Chamber of Commerce
Indoor youth soccer
[18:12] What vocations do the Afghans bring to the USA?
[22:36] Not just a local community effort-https://usahello.org/afghan-resource-center/?utm_source=@usahello.org&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=arc&utm_content=lgl (Afghan Resource Center)
https://usahello.org/ (USA Hello)
https://www.iistl.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/Landlord-Flyer-2021.pdf (Landlord guide)
https://www.iistl.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/Resettlement-Funding-Gap-2021.pdf (Funding)
[30:43] What can the local community do to help support the work going on?
https://www.iistl.org/donate/ (Financial assistance)
https://www.iistl.org/volunteer/ (Volunteer)
Help with https://www.iistl.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/12/2022-2024-Strategic-Plan-Final.pdf (long-term planning)
This is Season 5! For more episodes, go to https://stlintune.com/ (stlintune.com)
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