Thank you for visiting. We are extremely grateful to Chelsea Collaborative which has begun to provide community organizing assistance to the local Somali Bantu community.
For more information, please contact:
Ali Shueb, Community Interpreter/Cultural Liaison/Volunteer at Chelsea Collaborative
alim@chelseacollab.org
T.J. Hellmann, Green Space Youth Program Coordinator, Chelsea Collaborative
tjhellmann@chelseacollab.org
Aweis Hussein, Community Interpreter/Cultural Liaison/Volunteer
aweis5baro@hotmail.com
Eliza Castañeda, Volunteer and Advocate
eliza.castaneda@gmail.com
Refugee Resettlement and National Resources
Innovative Models and Best Practices
- Refugee Harvesting Network - Tucson
- Maay Interpreting Helps!
- 7 Objectives to Successful Resettlement/ PSU
- Community Building- A Garden in Denver
- Intergenerational Literacy Project
- Bilingual Literacy approach for Somali speakers in Minnesota
- University of South Carolina Photo Exhibit
- Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services
- South Carolina - Columbia World Affairs Council
Sites for Volunteers and Local Citizens
Helpful Sites for Schools
- Photos of Life in Kakuma by Tufts senior Matt Edmondson
- Burlington Vermont Free Press Articles
- SBP site regarding children and youth
- Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services
- Burlington Vermont School District - Power Point Presentation about Somali Bantu Newcomers
- The Cultural Orientation Project
Helpful Sites for Clinics and Hospitals
Generally Helpful Sites
2006
- Photos from Spring 2006
Chelsea Resources
Videos/DVD/CDs For Families and Community
Related Exhibits, Projects and Events
- "Rain in A Dry Land" Kakuma to Springfield and Atlanta
- Film: Somali Bantu: A New Home, A New Life
- Tufts Screening of Flip the Coin: Somali Bantu Journey to America
- Photographer Denise McGill documents journey of Somali Bantu families from Kakuma to Columbus, Ohio
- African Refugee Artists Club
- Photos of Life in Kakuma by Tufts University student Matt Edmundson
Press Coverage
- Jan07 - Watch it On-Line: Profile of Somali Bantu family in Tucson and Iskash*taa
- DEC 2005 - Somali Bantu in Nashville
- January 1, 2006 NPR: Somali Bantus Struggle to Stay Afloat in Adopted Town
- Boston Globe - November 2005 about MGH Chelsea and Somali Bantu families
- 2005 Articles
- Burlington Free Press - Local Stories
- Somali Bantu in Houston- 2003 Christian Science Monitor article
- Burlington Vermont Free Press - Many articles
- BBC Article about US Resettlement with feedback from Americans working with families
- Pittsburgh's post-gazette.com - May 2005 - Reversal of fortune
