Hello, I’m Baudouin Mandaba, USCRI Vermont’s full-time Interpreter. As a pentalingual Interpreter-Translator, my role at USCRI is to serve as a bridge of communication between the whole community of French-Swahili-Lingala-Kikongo-speaking immigrants and USCRI staff and outside service providers who only speak English. I myself am an immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa, […]
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Meet USCRI Vermont’s New Office Manager, Rawa Hasan
Hello my name is Rawa Hasan and I’m USCRI Vermont’s new Office Manager. I have been working with USCRI Vermont since 2017 as an Arabic Interpreter. I have deep understanding of refugee and immigrant issues as I was once a refugee myself. I immigrated with my family to the U.S. from Baghdad, Iraq in 2008 […]
USCRI Vermont Welcomes New Education Program Coordinator
USCRI Vermont is excited to welcome Nancy Lindberg to her new role as USCRI Vermont’s Education Program Coordinator. Nancy joined USCRI Vermont in 2015 as an English Instructor for our innovative Pathways to Higher Education class. Over the past year Nancy has worked on curriculum development for a six-month English language and vocational immersion program […]
USCRI Vermont Welcomes New Health and Wellness Program Coordinator
USCRI Vermont would like to welcome Olivia Moseley, our new Health and Wellness Program Coordinator, to the staff. Olivia brings 15 years of experience working in health and human rights nonprofits, including organizations working to meet the needs of refugees and immigrants. She worked in health and social service programing in the Middle East and […]
Meet USCRI Vermont’s Noel Mukiza, New Program Coordinator
Yambu (Hello), my name is Noel Mukiza and I am the Program Coordinator for the Wilson Fish-TANF Coordination Program also known as the EXCEL program here at USCRI Vermont. EXCEL stands for Excellence through Care, Empowerment, and Learning. I am originally from Burundi and arrived to Vermont with some of my family members in 2007. […]
Making a Difference in the Lives of Young People in Vermont
“I felt a calling to return to the school system to build cultural and linguistic bridges for refugee and immigrant youth struggling with the same things I struggled with- learning English, cultivating friendships, developing good study habits, involving my parents in my education, and finding my voice and being heard.” Meet Noor Bulle, Multilingual Liaison […]
Welcome Yoga Subedi | USCRI Vermont’s Nepali and Hindi Translator and Interpreter
Yoga Subedi is USCRI Vermont’s full-time Nepali and Hindi interpreter and translator. Yoga was resettled by USCRI in 2009, and quickly began helping Bhutanese refugees as an interpreter after being hired. In his 11 years of service at USCRI, Yoga has worked as an interpreter for the courts, hospital, social service agencies, schools, law firms, […]
Crossroads Youth Mentoring Program
Assia Hamana and Alice Urban moved to Vermont at about the same time, but each came from very different worlds. Alice relocated from Washington, D.C. for a job in international development, and Assia arrived at the age of 13 from Chad as a refugee with her mother, father, brother, and sister. Since meeting through USCRI […]
USCRI Statement on President’s Executive Orders on Refugee Resettlement and Immigration
by Eskinder Negash USCRI is greatly encouraged by newly elected President’s actions to restore the country’s robust refugee resettlement program and other paths to immigration . The President has pledged to raise the annual refugee admissions ceiling from its historic low of 15,000 to 125,000 beginning next fiscal year. He has signed Executive Orders this […]
USCRI Statement on the Inauguration
by Eskinder Negash The solemn pageantry of America’s presidential inaugurations celebrates our long history of democratic transitions following elections. Despite the events of January 6th, the will of the people through a free and fair election has been honored, and we will once again witness the peaceful transfer of power. Democracy is not an […]
