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Welcome to KRM

Global Gourmet poster (.pdf)

Friday, November 6
GLOBAL GOURMET
@ Glassworks
815 W. Market St.
Downtown Louisville
6:30 - 9:30
20/20 DANCE
9:30 - midnight

Global Gourmet Silent Auction Items
Fabulous Cape Cod rental
Florida Week in Reddington Beach
KY Opera tix to "Hansel and Gretel"
U of L vs. WKU basketball seats
Louisville Ballet tix to "The Nutcracker"
Original works by prominent Louisville artists
and much more...

    Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) is a non-profit resettlement agency for two national church-based programs, Church World Service (CWS) and Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM). KRM is authorized by the U.S. State Department to assist people who have been identified as refugees by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and legally admitted to the United States. Refugees are victims of warfare or other forms of persecution because of their religious or political beliefs and come from all over the world.

   KRM was founded in 1990, has offices in Louisville and Lexington, and has placed over 5,000 refugees, representing 28 different nationalities and ethnic groups, in various Kentucky communities. Our clients are currently arriving from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, Burundi, Congo, Cuba, Darfur, Iraq and Somalia. We are dedicated to promoting self-sufficiency and successful integration of our clients into the community.

   We rely on your help as volunteers, donors and event sponsors. Regardless of how you become involved, please do so. Getting to know refugees is a rewarding experience that promotes peace and plants the seeds of better international understanding one individual or family at a time.

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     Thanks to the generosity of Middleton Reutlinger, KRM was featured in public service ads in September and October issues of Business First.
We are very grateful to Middleton Reutlinger for this wonderful gift.

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IN FOCUS
Fox41 News Report on Louisville's Karen Burmese Refugees (6.15.09)
From Bhutan to Buechel (PDF)
CWS Reports on Bhutanese Refugees, Church Co-Sponsorship (12.3.08)
KRM Lexington Featured in Episcopal Newsletter [pp. 6-7] (12.2.08)
KRM Director Honored by National Council of Churches (11.12.08)
KRM Receives Grant from Community Foundation of Louisville (10.21.08)
KRM Receives Grant from Lousiville Bar Foundation (10.16.08)
Alier Mareet Awarded First Carlisle Memorial Scholarship (9.4.08)

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SUMMER 2009 at KRM

World Refugee Day 2009
   A 2000 U.N. Resolution designated June 20 of each year as World Refugee Day. This year KRM held a World Refugee Day Concert led by jazz pianist Harry Pickens. Performers were from Bhutan, Burma, Burundi (Burundian Youth Choir shown above; photo courtesy of the Courier Journal), Cuba, Darfur, and Iraq.

Summer Youth Program 2009
   KRM held a 7-week Summer Youth Program in 2009. Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) instructors provided 31 newly-arrived refugee kids with daily intensive ESL and academic skills instruction. The kids also participated in peace education and art therapy projects and enjoyed weekly visits from the Louisville Free Public Library’s Bookmobile. Field trips to the Kentucky Derby Museum, the Belle of Louisville, and the Louisville Dance Alliance provided a fun community orientation for these young newcomers. The summer program concluded with an Art Show (see the Photo Gallery).

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Louisville's International Population
Louisville's sizeable refugee communities figure prominently in a detailed profile of the city's international population prepared by the Urban Institute. The report was commissioned by the Louisville Metro Office for International Affairs.

A Profile of the Foreign-Born in the Louisville Metropolitan Area
Full Report (pdf) * Summary (pdf)

KENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES, INC.
969-B CHEROKEE ROAD * LOUISVILLE, KY 40204 * 502.479.9180
201 EAST MAXWELL STREET * LEXINGTON, KY 40508 * 859.226.5661