Author: Abby Yoder
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Ukraine to Pittsburgh and How Everything is Different
Iri is a 27-year-old who was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and was forced to move away in October with her husband due to the war with Russia. Hello Neighbor took her in when she arrived in October and helped her get situated here in Pittsburgh. Iri said the first three months working with Hello Neighbor…
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Hello Neighbor Storage Space Tour
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How a Fist Bump Changed a Point Breeze Woman’s Life
A little over a year ago, Venita Pimley found herself piling a couple with 10 kids and over a dozen suitcases into a van and driving them to an apartment she had just finished setting up to start their new life in America. The family from Afghanistan spoke minimal English, and Pimley mainly communicated through…
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Whitehall Woman Experiences First Bus Ride with Afghan Refugee
On a cool February afternoon, Angela Chang’s kitchen is filled with the smell of doro wot, an incredibly fragrant, spicy, flavorful, rich slow-cooked Ethiopian chicken stew mostly eaten for special occasions and family gatherings. Chang is surely making it for a special occasion, as a newly landed refugee mother just had an emergency c-section for…
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Refugee Process, Relocation to the United States
Due to humanitarian concerns, many refugees who have fled their home country have looked to the United States for aid, hoping to provide a better life for themselves and their families. The United States Refugee Admissions Program stated that since the enactment of the 1980 Refugee Act, the United States has admitted more than “3.1…
