Refugee Resettlement Case Study
Today I am beginning a resettlement case study. You are welcome to follow along and comment or question as needed.
Tomorrow we will receive two Karenni families from Burma who have been living in a refugee camp in Thailand. Lutheran Social Services (LSS) has a large number of families arriving over the next few weeks and requested our help. We have never helped resettle two families simultaneously. We have never received a family biography just one day before their arrival.
What we do know is that every resettlement experience is different from every other one. Yet there are certain principles that hold true each time. We are an experienced team and it looks like we’ll have 12-15 team members to help pull this off. That’s a good number to help share the load.
I will attempt to capture the major accomplishments and related stories on this blog so that you can see how it works through our example. At the same time I will be making final edits to my refugee resettlement how-to guide. Be sure to come back regularly to see our progress. Also get your name on my mailing list so I can let you know when the book becomes available.
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