Above: Jasmin (right) fled his native Bosnia in 1993. In 1999, he began working at Elite Flooring in Norcross. Now, as warehouse manager, he is able to help hire other refugees, like Hayder, who recently arrived from Iraq. When Jasmin Gredelj first interviewed two New American Pathways clients for a job in 2014, he […]
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A group of Jewish families from all different congregations and communities has broken the mold of traditional co-sponsorship. The group calls themselves “The Atlanta Havurah.” Havurah is the Jewish word meaning “fellowship of like-minded Jews.” Of the many volunteer opportunities New American Pathways has to offer, co-sponsorship of a newly arriving refugee family could be
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We hope we started a few ripples last week at our annual spring luncheon, Breaking Bread Together. Hosted at the Solarium in Decatur on April 14th, Breaking Bread had two main goals: to celebrate our volunteers and to highlight one of our unique programs. This year we put the spotlight on English at Home, an
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Our Volunteer of the Month, Hadley Standring, is a Master of Social Work (MSW) candidate at the University of Georgia (UGA). She started her service in August 2015 and is nearing the end of her year-long internship. While most of the process leading up to Hadley’s placement with our organization was out of her control,
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In the 11 years Oak Grove United Methodist Church (OGUMC) has been serving alongside New American Pathways, their dedicated congregation has helped to welcome 16 refugee families to Atlanta through co-sponsorship. Co-sponsorships are “official” for three months, but the friendships can last forever. In January 2015, to celebrate 10 years of service, Oak Grove welcomed their
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Hadley Standring is the current Masters of Social Work (MSW) Intern at New American Pathways, serving with the Resettlement and Resource Navigation and Communications Departments. In Early 2015, she began volunteering as an English at Home volunteer. Here, she shares her experience as a new mentor. Taking the first step to become an English at
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Mariam “Grace” Miner is the New American Pathways English at Home AmeriCorps Service Member. She helps ensure successful matches between volunteer tutors and new Americans, provides training and materials for tutors, and consistently checks in with ongoing matches for updates. Below, she talks about her experiences with the program, and provides insight on how English
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For the past 10 years, Sharon Bell has volunteered with New American Pathways’ Education and Youth Program. She started with Refugee Family Services (RFS) as a homework tutor, primarily for eighth grade Somali boys and girls. Five years later, Sharon and her husband Bob Bell became two of the first volunteers in the afterschool program
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She moved to the U.S. at 61 years of age to start a new life with her family, after living in a refugee camp for 23 years. She cannot read or write in her native Nepali. You could say she’s been through her share of hardship. But it wasn’t over yet for Singla. Not long
In 2015, New American Pathways client Dhan Rai, a participant in our Parents as Teachers (PAT) program, wrote about her experiences in PAT. We are proud to now be able to share with you Dhan Rai’s story. My name is Dhan Rai. I am a mother of two daughters Neelam (five years) and Neelima (three