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ZIRC's Blog – January 2012 Archive (5)

Helping refugees in Malaysia find sanctuary with the right words

Ngun Si (Myanmar and ROK) was a UNV Interpreter with UNHCR in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from…

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Added by ZIRC on January 28, 2012 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Special Needs Education" Training for Refugee Teachers

It was a day of fun and learning for 22 refugee teachers who participated in a Special Needs Education training in Kuala Lumpur on 9 January 2011. The training, held for the second time, was voluntarily conducted by Linda Amrane Cooper and Nassima Hassan from the Cass School of Education and Communication at the University of East London (UEL).

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Added by ZIRC on January 11, 2012 at 2:29am — No Comments

Burmese refugee runs store

WATERLOO, Iowa — As the ethnic makeup of Black Hawk County changes, so does the diversity of the business climate.

About a year-and-a-half after the first Burmese refugees came to Waterloo for work, the first Burmese business has opened its doors.

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Added by ZIRC on January 9, 2012 at 2:00am — No Comments

Refugees flee Burma military assault

Church compounds are overflowing with refugees from the area of fighting between Burmese government troops and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA/KIO), reports People In Need.