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Education and Training Initiatives at the Central Methodist Church Refugee House in Johannesburg
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Pausigere, Peter – Perspectives in Education, 2013
Zimbabwean economic migrants and political refugees have been given refuge and provided with shelter at the Central Methodist Church (CMC) Refugee House, in central Johannesburg. The refugees have successfully initiated learning and training programmes which resulted in the establishment of a combined school, namely "St. Albert Street Refugee…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Churches, Christianity, Adult Basic Education
Refugees and Sponsorship.
Tenhula, John, Ed. – 1980
This booklet describes the refugee resettlement activities of Church World Service (CWS), and explains the process of refugee sponsorship that constitute a major CWS concern. CWS is a cooperative organization of churches that serve as the relief and development arm of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. The booklet reviews the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Church Programs, Human Services, Land Settlement
In Defense of the Alien. Volume VII. Immigration Reform and Refugee Developments. Proceedings of the Center for Migration Studies Annual National Legal Conference on Immigration and Refugee Policy (7th, Washington, DC, March 29-30, 1984).
Tomasi, Lydio F., Ed. – 1985
The proceedings of the 1984 Annual National Legal Conference on Immigration and Refugee Policy are collected in this book. Following a brief introduction, 16 papers are presented under three major headings: Immigration Legislation Reform; Immigration Legislation Practice; and Refugees: Policy and Legal Developments. The papers (and their authors)…
Descriptors: Church Programs, Federal Legislation, Immigrants, Law Enforcement
The Resettlement Approach.
McInnis, Kathleen M. – Migration Today, 1983
Reports on a follow-up study of secondary migration among Indochinese refugees resettled by Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Suggests that cultural misunderstanding, rigid sponsorship approaches, and an insensitivity to the special mental risks of refugee populations have contributed to the incidence of secondary…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Church Programs, Cultural Influences, Indochinese
Some Educational Implications of the Canadian Private Sponsorship Program for Southeast Asian Refugees.
Indra, Doreen Marie – 1987
This paper addresses the educational implications of a unique Canadian program of refugee immigrant support and integration--private sponsorship. Individual Southeast Asian refugees and their families are financially supported by groups of five or more private individuals. Many such groups are affiliated with Christian church congregations. The…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Church Programs, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences
Immigration in New York.
Bogen, Elizabeth – 1987
This book examines the effects of immigration in New York City (New York) today, with particular attention to those "new immigrants" who arrived after 1965. Immigrant interaction with the city's public and private social services is emphasized. Data were drawn from interviews and from the 1980 U.S. Census. Part I: "The…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Church Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Cubans
Proceedings of the Annual Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult and Continuing Education (4th, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 10-11, 1985).
Berlin, L. S., Ed. – 1985
This document contains the following papers on practical applications of research on adult and continuing education: "Elderly Criminal Behavior: Linking Research to Practice," by Donald J. Bachand and Carl I. Brahce; "Father? Teacher? Friend? Instructor-Student Relationships in a Refugee Class," by Gary J. Bekker; "The Small Group: Understanding…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy