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DESCRIPTION:We partnered with the ‘Welcoming Newcomers program’ at the Univ
 ersity of Alberta to collect items for 6 refugee students who came to the 
 U of A mid-December 2020\, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. These s
 tudents were recipients of the David Turpin and Suromitra Sanatani Award f
 or Refugees and Displaced Persons\, which is facilitated by the UAI’s Glob
 al Education Program (Welcoming Newcomers Program).\n\nSome background on 
 the students:All of these refugee students came from refugee camps in Afri
 ca - five from camps in Kenyaand one from Malawi. Originally the students 
 come from Somalia\, South Sudan\, and the Congo. Moreinformation on the Un
 ited Nations Refugee Agency\, UNHCR’s\, work in refugee camps in Kenya can
  be found here.\nOriginally these students would have arrived in August 20
 20\, however with the omnipresent pandemic\, their arrivalwas delayed and 
 they needed to undergo a 14-day mandatory quarantine isolation period prio
 r to moving into theirresidence housing in the new year.\n\nHow we were ab
 le to help?Alumni donated 3 Jackets\, kitchen supplies (dishes\, Tupperwar
 e\, small kitchen processor)\, multiple blankets & towels\, men’s clothing
 \, toques.
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LOCATION:Edmonton\, AB
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SUMMARY:Welcoming Newcomers Program - Donation Drive
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