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On December 3, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Silver Spring brought together over 50 clients, volunteers, and staff for a Thanksgiving meal and afternoon of festivities. Sampling traditional American fare such as roasted turkey and cranberry sauce alongside delicacies like homemade dolmas and Syrian pastries, refugee families and ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ volunteers and staff had an opportunity to share their cultural traditions with each other and express the things that they are thankful for in their lives.

Thank you for your interest in the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Atlanta’s Internship Program. Our interns come from schools across the nation and world and make vital contributions to the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Atlanta’s work. Our internships require a commitment of at least 15 hours a week for three months and are unpaid.

Before the Refugee Act of 1980 standardized refugee resettlement through the use of resettlement agencies, such as the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, resettlement was largely conducted privately or through community groups. With the increasing numbers and enthusiasm of local community groups offering to partner to resettle refugees, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ is committed to integrating community sponsorship programming at the local and national levels!

Through the Hospitality Link job training program, participants learn widely usable soft skills, explore career paths in hospitality and visit hospitality workers in action. The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Silver Spring is one of five ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ offices piloting the program.

The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) has released a report highlighting the increasing importance of Anticipatory Action (AA) in proactively meeting humanitarian needs. This study describes the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡'s innovative 'Follow the Forecast' approach and assesses the implementation of a pilot project in Guatemala during 2024.

In December 2018, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) completed an assessment in Beni, DRC, with the aim of examining the effects of the EVD outbreak and response on women and girls, and specifically how the outbreak has impacted women and girls’ experience of violence, also considering the pre-existing context of insecurity in which they live.

Methodological Recommendations were developed as part of the project "I Know. I Can. I Practice: strengthening women's initiatives to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in local communities during armed conflict." The project is led by the Ukrainian Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations to Combat Human Trafficking, in partnership with the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) and with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).

An ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ health care worker looks back at a time during the height of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa when duty called. He warns that countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo have had recurrences of Ebola, and help is needed to strengthen local health systems to be better prepared to respond in future.