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  • Christine Baer, a congregational resource developer with Church World Service in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, delivers a backpack full of books and art supplies to children of a recently arrived refugee family from Eritrea. Church World Service resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Penny Gushiken (right) leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During a visit to a supermarket, participants discuss available food items, including root crops. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Participants in a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees, held in a church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, discuss verb tenses in English. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Valerii Chronoblavskyi, a resettled refugee from Ukraine, works in a tire shop in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on July 18, 2017. He was resettled in the community by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Monique Lohmeyer (center), a case manager for Church World Service, helps Casmil Ngundakumana (right) and Evanis Gatunzi (left), both refugees from Rwanda, navigate through the produce available in the Durham Farmers' Market in Durham, North Carolina. The market's Double Bucks program allows consumers with EBT cards to double their purchasing power.<br />
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Church World Service resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Tom Melissen (left), a senior account manager with Staff Management/SMX, completes an online employment application for Felecite Mukagatana in the Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, as Joseph Shilalo, an employment specialist for Church World Service, checks an oral swab for drugs in Mukagatana's mouth. Mukagatana is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and was applying for a job in the factory. She was helped by Church World Service, an agency that resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. She passed the drug test and was offered employment.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Christine Baer, a congregational resource developer with Church World Service in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, delivers a backpack full of books and art supplies to children of a recently arrived refugee family from Eritrea. Church World Service resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Penny Gushiken (left) takes a photo of her cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The class was engaged in a scavenger hunt of sorts, tasked with finding people engaged in specific activities such as listening to music, talking on the phone, and eating. In this case, the class was supposed to find someone taking out the trash. They found a man pushing a cart of trash out of an office building, and Gushiken took a photo of the group posing with him. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Penny Gushiken (left) takes a photo of her cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in a restaurant in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The class was engaged in a scavenger hunt of sorts, tasked with finding people engaged in specific activities such as listening to music, talking on the phone, and taking out trash. In this case, the class was supposed to find someone eating. When they spotted these two women through the windows of a restaurant, the class went inside and Gushiken took a photo of the group posing with them. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Yared Kifleyesus, a recent refugee from Eritrea, cuts the hair of Meeran Rahim in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Kifleyesus was resettled in Harrisonburg by Church World Service.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Sabah Mohamed (left), a refugee from Somalia, and Senait Araya, a refugee from Eritrea, work in a restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, where they were resettled with assistance from Church World Service.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Mehari Bahta, a recently arrived refugee, works as a dishwasher in a restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, where he was resettled with assistance from Church World Service.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Evi Long (standing), a Cuban/Haitian resettlement case manager with Church World Service, talks with Yureisy Ceballos Pendones and Eliocer Curino and their children Elianys and Enmanuel inside the Cuban refugee family's home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. <br />
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Church World Service resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Luis Ortiz carries a table in a Church World Service warehouse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is loading a truck with goods to furnish the apartment of a refugee family about to arrive in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Yared Kifleyesus, a recent refugee from Eritrea, cuts the hair of Meeran Rahim in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Kifleyesus was resettled in Harrisonburg by Church World Service.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Mangstab Gebray and Sara Goitom, both resettled refugees from Eritrea, brace their goats on a farm in Linville, Virginia, on July 18, 2017. Resettled in the area by Church World Service, they are preparing to show sheep and goats in a county fair.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Sara Goitom (right), a resettled refugee from Eritrea, walks her goat on a farm in Linville, Virginia, on July 18, 2017. Goitom and other refugee youth, resettled in the area by Church World Service, are preparing to show sheep and goats in a county fair.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Krista Camp, a case manager for Church World Service, plays with Rehema, a child from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during a visit to her family's apartment in Durham, North Carolina. <br />
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Church World Service resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Three-year old Youel, a resettled refugee from Eritrea, slides toward Erin Chesson, an employment specialist with Church World Service, in a playground in Durham, North Carolina. <br />
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The boy and his mother were resettled in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Mimose Jeanbaptiste (left), a Haitian refugee, practices for her U.S. citizenship examination with help from Cas Cogswell, a paralegal with Church World Service in Durham, North Carolina. <br />
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Church World Service assists refugees with resettlement and other services in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • In the basement of a United Methodist Church in Durham,  newly arrived refugees learn financial skills, including how to use financial apps on the phone. This woman brought her daughter along. The class is sponsored by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • In the basement of a United Methodist Church in Durham,  a volunteer helps a newly arrived refugee learn financial skills, including how to use online apps to check her bank balance. The class is sponsored by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • In the basement of a United Methodist Church in Durham,  Julia Hause helps newly arrived refugees learn financial skills, including how to write checks. The class is sponsored by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Evi Long (right), a Cuban/Haitian resettlement case manager with Church World Service, says goodbye to Yureisy Ceballos Pendones and Eliocer Curino and their daughter Elianys outside the Cuban refugee family's home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. <br />
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Church World Service resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Elianys Curino and her brother Enmanuel ride their bikes on the street near their home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Refugees from Cuba, they and their family were resettled in Lancaster by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • David Kalamba, a 6-year old resettled refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, explores a supply room in the office of Church World Service in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Church World Service resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Josh Digrugilliers carries part of a bed into an apartment in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is furnishing what will be a home for a refugee family about to arrive in the United States. Digrugilliers works for Church World Service, which resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Emilie MacDonald carries household supplies into an apartment in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She and two colleagues are furnishing the apartment of a refugee family about to arrive in the United States. MacDonald works for Church World Service, which resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Lula Abubakar, a recently arrived refugee from Eritrea, serves spaghetti to her family, including daughters Saliha, 5, and Nasrin, 6, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The family was resettled in the United States by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Mekiya Kebir and her children, recently arrived refugees from Eritrea, explore a book in their apartment in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They got the book and other educational materials from Church World Service, which resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Christine Baer, a congregational resource developer with Church World Service in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, helps read a book as she delivers a backpack full of books and art supplies to children of a recently arrived refugee family from Eritrea. Church World Service resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-lancaster-...JPG
  • Penny Gushiken (left) leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During a visit to a supermarket, participants discuss available items, including toilet paper. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-lancaster-...JPG
  • Penny Gushiken (left) leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During a visit to a supermarket, participants discuss available food items, including sugar. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Penny Gushiken (right) leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During a visit to a supermarket, participants discuss available food items, including candy. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Penny Gushiken (right) leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During a visit to a supermarket, participants discuss available food items, including canned goods. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-lancaster-...JPG
  • Penny Gushiken (right) walks through downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with members of her cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees. The class was engaged in a scavenger hunt of sorts, tasked with finding people engaged in specific activities such as eating, listening to music, and taking out trash. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Ahmadullah Ahmadzai holds his one-week old infant daughter Afsana in their home in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Ahmadzai and his family, refugees from Afghanistan, were resettled in Harrisonburg by Church World Service.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Irina Chornoblawska, a newly arrived refugee, learns how to count U.S. money in a cultural orientation class in a United Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She holds her daughter Elina as volunteer tutor Lauren Fleming looks on. Chornoblawska was resettled in the Harrisonburg area by Church World Service, which also sponsors the class.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Martin Mayiani, second from right, teaches a class on driving at a Presbyterian church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Mayiani is a former refugee who came to the U.S. four years ago. He volunteers to teach these newly arrived Congolese refugees how to pass the state's driving test, which isn't available in Swahili. They use toy cars to understand the nuances of how to drive in the U.S. <br />
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Mayiani and his students were resettled in the Harrisonburg area by Church World Service.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Martin Mayiani, second from right, teaches a class on driving at a Presbyterian church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Mayiani is a former refugee who came to the U.S. four years ago. He volunteers to teach these newly arrived Congolese refugees how to pass the state's driving test, which isn't available in Swahili. They use toy cars to understand the nuances of how to drive in the U.S. <br />
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Mayiani and his students were resettled in the Harrisonburg area by Church World Service.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Eldana Teclamariam, a 12-year old resettled refugee from Eritrea, braces her goat on a farm in Linville, Virginia, on July 17, 2017, as Holly Mumaw inspects her animal's posture. Mumaw volunteers to help Teclamariam and other refugee youth, resettled in the area by Church World Service, prepare to show sheep and goats in a county fair.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Boys and girls, including resettled refugees from Ethiopia and Eritrea, brace their sheep in Linville, Virginia, on July 17, 2017. The youth are preparing to show sheep and goats in a county fair.<br />
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The refugees were resettled in the Harrisonburg, Virginia, area by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Sabah Mohamed, a refugee from Somalia, works in a restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, where she was resettled with assistance from Church World Service.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Christina Batachoka (left), Mwavita Salumu, and Eca Fitina prepare a meal on the kitchen floor of an apartment in Durham, North Carolina. The three women, all refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, were resettled in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Monique Lohmeyer, a case manager for Church World Service, demonstrates for three refugees how to ride a bike in Durham, North Carolina. <br />
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Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States, works with the Durham Bicycle Co-op to provide bikes to newly arrived refugees.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Monique Lohmeyer (right), a case manager for Church World Service, explains the use of tokens to Evanis Gatunzi (left) and Casmil Ngundakumana, refugees from Rwanda, in the Durham Farmers' Market in Durham, North Carolina. The Double Bucks program allows consumers with EBT cards to double their purchasing power.<br />
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Church World Service resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Three-year old Youel tries to kick a ball to his mother, Tirhas Drar Brehane, in a playground in Durham, North Carolina. <br />
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Refugees from Eritrea, the boy and his mother were resettled in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Three-year old Youel, a resettled refugee from Eritrea, slides toward Erin Chesson, an employment specialist with Church World Service, in a playground in Durham, North Carolina. <br />
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The boy and his mother were resettled in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-durham-131.JPG
  • In the basement of a United Methodist Church in Durham,  Julia Hause helps newly arrived refugees learn financial skills, including how to use online apps to check their bank balance. The class is sponsored by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-durham-033.JPG
  • In the basement of a United Methodist Church in Durham,  newly arrived refugees learn financial skills, including how to write checks. The class is sponsored by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-durham-005.JPG
  • Penny Gushiken (center) leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees on a walk through the streets of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The class was engaged in a scavenger hunt of sorts, tasked with finding people engaged in specific activities such as eating, listening to music, and taking out trash. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-lancaster-...JPG
  • Eldana Teclamariam (left), a 12-year old resettled refugee from Eritrea, leads a group of youth learning how to show sheep and goats in Linville, Virginia, on July 17, 2017. The youth are preparing to show their animals in a county fair. <br />
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They and other refugees were resettled in the Harrisonburg, Virginia, area by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Resettled refugee youth run with goats in Linville, Virginia, on July 17, 2017. The youth are preparing to show sheep and goats in a county fair. <br />
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The refugees were resettled in the Harrisonburg, Virginia, area by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-harrisonbu...JPG
  • Monique Lohmeyer (center), a case manager for Church World Service, helps Casmil Ngundakumana (left) and Evanis Gatunzi, both refugees from Rwanda, navigate through the produce available in the Durham Farmers' Market in Durham, North Carolina. The market's Double Bucks program allows consumers with EBT cards to double their purchasing power.<br />
<br />
Church World Service resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
<br />
Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-durham-301.JPG
  • Casmil Ngundakumana, a refugee from Rwanda, buys produce in the Durham Farmers' Market in Durham, North Carolina. Ngundakumana was assisted on his arrival in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-durham-246.JPG
  • Three-year old Youel, a resettled refugee from Eritrea, plays with Erin Chesson, an employment specialist with Church World Service, in a playground in Durham, North Carolina. <br />
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The boy and his mother were resettled in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Elianys Curino and her brother Enmanuel ride their bikes on the street near their home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Refugees from Cuba, they and their family were resettled in Lancaster by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Evi Long, a Cuban/Haitian resettlement case manager with Church World Service in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, knocks on the door of a resettled family. Church World Service resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Christine Baer, a congregational resource developer with Church World Service, sits on the floor of her office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, accompanied by David Kalamba, a 6-year old resettled refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Church World Service resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-lancaster-...JPG
  • Church World Service staff load a truck with household goods in a warehouse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They are furnishing the apartment of a refugee family about to arrive in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-lancaster-...JPG
  • Josh Digrugilliers and Emilie MacDonald load furniture in a Church World Service warehouse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They are furnishing the apartment of a refugee family about to arrive in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-lancaster-...JPG
  • Tom Melissen (center), a senior account manager with Staff Management/SMX, completes an online employment application for Edson Nsanzubuhoro in the Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Felecite Mukagatana looks on. Nsanzubuhoro and Mukagatana are refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and were applying for jobs in the factory. They were both assisted by Church World Service, an agency that resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Joseph Shilalo (right), an employment specialist with Church World Service, helps Edson Nsanzubuhoro fill out an online job application at the Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Nsanzubuhoro is a newly arrived refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who was resettled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by Church World Service.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Five-year old Saliha Mussa, a recently arrived refugee from Eritrea, enjoys spaghetti for dinner in her family's apartment in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The girl's family was resettled in the United States by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Mekiya Kebir and her children, recently arrived refugees from Eritrea, explore a book in their apartment in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They got the book and other educational materials from Church World Service, which resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-lancaster-...JPG
  • Christine Baer, a congregational resource developer with Church World Service in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, delivers a backpack full of books and art supplies to children of a recently arrived refugee family from Eritrea. Church World Service resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-lancaster-...JPG
  • Penny Gushiken leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in a church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The class, which includes learning common English phrases, is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Penny Gushiken leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in a church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The class, which includes learning common English phrases, is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Penny Gushiken leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in a church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The class, which includes learning common English phrases, is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
    usa-2017-jeffrey-refugees-lancaster-...JPG
  • Martin Mayiani, second from right, teaches a class on driving at a Presbyterian church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Mayiani is a former refugee who came to the U.S. four years ago. He volunteers to teach these newly arrived Congolese refugees how to pass the state's driving test, which isn't available in Swahili. They use toy cars to understand the nuances of how to drive in the U.S. <br />
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Mayiani and his students were resettled in the Harrisonburg area by Church World Service.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Martin Mayiani, second from right, teaches a class on driving at a Presbyterian church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Mayiani is a former refugee who came to the U.S. four years ago. He volunteers to teach these newly arrived Congolese refugees how to pass the state's driving test, which isn't available in Swahili. They use toy cars to understand the nuances of how to drive in the U.S. <br />
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Mayiani and his students were resettled in the Harrisonburg area by Church World Service.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Senait Araya (left), a refugee from Eritrea, and Sabah Mohamed, a refugee from Somalia, work in a restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, where they were resettled with assistance from Church World Service.<br />
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  • Christina Batachoka sweeps the floor of her apartment in Durham, North Carolina. A refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Batachoka was resettled in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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  • Evanis Gatunzi, a refugee from Rwanda, rides a bike for the first time in Durham, North Carolina, on July 22, 2017. She’s helped by Greg Garneau, a volunteer who coordinates the refugee bike program for the Durham Bicycle Co-op, and Monique Lohmeyer, a case manager for Church World Service. In the background, Yosef Birhane, a refugee from Eritrea, cheers her on.<br />
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Church World Service resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Two staff people from Church World Service help resettled refugees from Rwanda to taste peach ice cream for the first time in the Durham Farmers' Market in Durham, North Carolina. Church World Service resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Yosef Birhane, a refugee from Eritrea, talks with a vender in the Durham Farmers' Market in Durham, North Carolina. The market's Double Bucks program allows consumers with EBT cards to double their purchasing power.<br />
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With Birhane is Evanis Gatunzi, a refugee from Rwanda.<br />
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Birhane and Gatunzi were resettled in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Serguei Torres Miranda, a refugee from Cuba, takes a photo of his family in the Durham Farmers' Market in Durham, North Carolina. The family was resettled in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Ariadna Barrueto Alejo (right) buys produce in the Durham Farmers' Market in Durham, North Carolina. Her family was resettled in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Three-year old Youel swings with help from his mother, Tirhas Drar Brehane, in a playground in Durham, North Carolina. <br />
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Refugees from Eritrea, the boy and his mother were resettled in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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  • Three-year old Youel, a resettled refugee from Eritrea, puts on his shoes as he prepares to go outside to play in Durham, North Carolina. The boy and his mother were resettled in Durham by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • In the basement of a United Methodist Church in Durham, North Carolina, Julia Hause teaches a class in financial literacy for refugees. Here she helps a newly arrived refugee learn how to use an ATM. Hause works for Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • In the basement of a United Methodist Church in Durham, North Carolina, Julia Hause teaches a class in financial literacy for refugees, including these new arrivals from Rwanda. They are discussing how to use a cell phone to check the balance of your debit card. Hause works for Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • In the basement of a United Methodist Church in Durham, North Carolina, Church World Service sponsors a class in financial literacy for refugees. The class includes how to use a cell phone to check the balance of your debit card. Church World Service resettles refugees in North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • In the basement of a United Methodist Church in Durham,  newly arrived refugees learn financial skills, including how to write checks. This woman brought her daughter along. The class is sponsored by Church World Service, which resettles refugees in North Carolina and elsewhere in the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Christine Baer, a congregational resource developer with Church World Service, sits on the floor of her office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, accompanied by David Kalamba, a 6-year old resettled refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Church World Service resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Josh Digrugilliers and Emilie MacDonald assemble a dresser in the bedroom of an apartment in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They are furnishing what will become home for a refugee family about to arrive in the United States. The two work for Church World Service, which resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Josh Digrugilliers carries part of a bed into an apartment in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is furnishing what will become home for a refugee family about to arrive in the United States. Digrugilliers works for Church World Service, which resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Josh Digrugilliers and Luis Ortiz carry a chair into an apartment in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They are furnishing what will become home for a refugee family about to arrive in the United States. The two work for Church World Service, which resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Emilie MacDonald and Luis Ortiz load furniture in a Church World Service warehouse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They are furnishing the apartment of a refugee family about to arrive in the United States.<br />
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  • Jeremy Hayes coaches a refugee family from Burma through the process of writing checks for their rent and other expenses, during a class on financial literacy sponsored by Church World Service in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Church World Service resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Five-year old Saliha Mussa, a recently arrived refugee from Eritrea, enjoys spaghetti for dinner in her family's apartment in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The girl's family was resettled in the United States by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Mohammad Khilo, a refugee from Syria, works at The Common Wheel in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The community bike center, which collaborates with Church World Service, helps resettled refugees to own, maintain, and use bicycles.<br />
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  • Penny Gushiken (second from right) leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During a visit to a supermarket, participants discuss available food items, including different types of meat. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Penny Gushiken leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in a church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The class, which includes learning common English phrases and verb tenses, is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Participants in a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees, held in a church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, discuss verb tenses in English. The class is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Penny Gushiken leads a cultural orientation class for newly arrived refugees in a church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The class, which includes learning common English phrases and verb tenses, is sponsored by Church World Service. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Mangstab Gebray and Sara Goitom, both resettled refugees from Eritrea, brace their goats on a farm in Linville, Virginia, on July 18, 2017. Resettled in the area by Church World Service, they are preparing to show sheep and goats in a county fair.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Sara Goitom, a resettled refugee from Eritrea, braces her sheep on a farm in Linville, Virginia, on July 18, 2017. Goitom and other refugee youth, resettled in the area by Church World Service, are preparing to show sheep and goats in a county fair.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Sara Goitom, a resettled refugee from Eritrea, exercises her sheep on a farm in Linville, Virginia, on July 18, 2017. Goitom and other refugee youth, resettled in the area by Church World Service, are preparing to show sheep and goats in a county fair.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Hasan Abdulgader bakes bread in a restaurant in Harrisonburg, Virginia. A Kurdish refugee from Iraq, he was resettled in Harrisonburg by Church World Service.<br />
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