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- CRESL Home Tutors
- The Colorado Refugee ESL In-Home Tutoring Program serves refugee women from around the world. We work in the Denver Metro area. Many women who resettle through the UN's refugee program are unable to attend classes for English and acculturation, so a dedicated team of volunteers goes into the community to take the English to the students--at home! We have been doing this work for over twenty years.
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We have a Part 2
Did you know that we now have a sister project? It's all about empowering refugee women through the beauty of handmade crafts. Check us out on the web: www.refugeecrafts.org .
Read/watch/learn
- Rain in a Dry Land, a PBS documentary by Anne Makepeace
- The Middle of Everywhere by Mary Pipher
- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
- Children of the River by Linda Crew
- The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz
Places we like on the Web
- Process of becoming a refugee/CAL
- Profiles of conflicts, populations, and resettlement status from UNHCR
- Refugee Worldwide Migration News
- A Little Something Refugee Crafts
- Colorado Refugee ESL Volunteer Programs
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- U.S.Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
- Doctors Without Borders
- International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
- Right to Play: The power of the Red Ball
- The Nine Million, a fascinating lesson
- The global One Campaign
Cultural Insights
- Cultural Orientation from CAL & IOM
- The Kunama of Eritrea backgrounder
- Kunama profile from UNHCR
- Burmese Camp Photo Essay
- Karen in-depth from CNN
- Karen dictionary, bilingual stories, more!
- Karenni (not Karen) profile
- Karenni history
- Stories from the field: The International Rescue Committee's work with Karenni in Thailand
- Incredible Story of Burmese Refugees' Camp Life
- U.S. Campaign for Burma
- The Burmese Karen: A BBC Report
- Everything Cultural About Burma's Refugees!
- Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal Background Information
- Supplement to Bhutanese in Nepal (new)
- Bhutanese Nepalis historical background
- Bhutanese forgotten in Nepal: Wall St. Journal & Human Rights Watch
- The Somalis: History and Culture
- Somali Culture: Concise Profile w/Medical
- The Somali Bantu (booklet)
- The Somali Bantu In-Depth: UNHCR
- Muslim Refugees in the U.S.
- Ethiopian Oromo Refugees
- Ethiopian Refugees Background
- The Iraqis: Culture Profile (1995)
- Iranian Baha'i Faith Refugees
- Iranian Baha'i Faith Refugees
- Iranian refugees of Baha'i Faith: Time Magazine 1984
- Iran's Refugees
Teaching Links
- A for ESL Quizzes and more
- About.com ESL
- Center for Adult English Language Acquisition at CAL
- Center for Applied Linguistics
- Dave's ESL Cafe
- Discovery Channel Puzzle Maker Online
- Discovery Channel Teaching and Learning Resources
- ESL lessons and handouts from Duke University
- Every ESL Link You'll Ever Need
- Interesting Things for ESL Students
- Language Experience Approach: Literacy
- Language Experience Approach: the short version
- Lanternfish ESL Worksheets
- National Institute for Literacy's ESL Resources
- Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
- Rong Chang Li's Online ESL
- Teach computer basics to your ESL student!
Yes, we can take donations!
Put a little light on the subject!
Do you have a functioning lamp sitting somewhere in a forgotten corner of your home? Consider donating it to the refugee program. We could use some lightbulbs, too!
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