Affiliate staff, co-sponsoring churches and family members—when
available—prepare to welcome the resettling refugee/s. Together, they
locate housing, donate and collect furniture and muster other forms of support.
Representatives greet arriving refugees at the local airport, and take them
to their new homes.
Fardows Weid of the Arizona Refugee Center and Somali Association,
Pat Mack, Kay Keith and Jerry Mack of the First Congregational Church of Tempe
waiting to receive a family of nine Somali Bantu refugees at the Phoenix,
AZ, airport.
Photo: Imam Ahmad Al-Shqeirat
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Paul and Kadiatu Amara and their two children welcomed at Rochester, NY, airport. With them is Kenneth Couthen, professor at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School.
Photo: Sally Dodgson