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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Refugees present successful the Central Valley present person a spot to person indispensable resources with the expansive opening of the Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries Welcome Center oregon FIRM for short.
"Since 1994, we did commencement moving with the Southeast Asians, and arsenic of today, we're moving with truthful galore radical crossed the world, including Afghanistan, Ukrainians, radical from Syria backmost successful 2016," said Salim Syoufi Program Manager.
The halfway volition service arsenic a one-stop store for refugees seeking assemblage enrichment, schoolhouse enrollment, vocation improvement and wellness attraction services.
“The bulk does not talk English, truthful it's been hard for them to pass and get things connected their own,” said Syoufi.
Executive Director of FIRM Christine Barker says this installation is truthful important to a radical of radical who are often misunderstood.
"Despite the headlines fearmongering, I deliberation we each privation the aforesaid thing. We privation our families to beryllium safe. We privation our kids to turn up and execute their dream. Things spell supra and beyond adjacent our dreams," said Barker.
Armando Aguirre is simply a exile from Nicaragua. He says helium hopes the halfway helps others similar him who came to America with thing but the apparel connected their backs
“In my country, we permission everything, we permission everything,” said Aguire.
For much connected the FIRM Resource Center click here.
