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Making a Difference through Refugee Resettlement
Refugees arepeople who have been denied the chance to live a "normal" life.Things in their lives have gotten so bad that they have felt forced to leavetheir own country. In many cases staying alive actually depends on fleeingtheir home, possibly their family, and everything they've ever known.
Mostrefugees are good people, willing to do anything they can to establish normalcyin their lives. If they can escape the persecution, and threat of persecution,they can develop into contributing members of society. Yet, while they maintainrefugee status in the overburdened countries they have fled to, there is littleopportunity. They are often confined to small areas and have limited access tobasic goods and services. Therefore, when another country steps in to resettlea refugee or refugee family, a problem is reduced. Anxiety is diminished. Astep is taken toward peace. Poverty, hunger, and disease are lessened. Withevery refugee that can find a new home, the world becomes a slightly betterplace.
So, this allsounds really good in theory, but ultimately the decision to resettle refugeesdoesn't end with governments. It ends with people. Ultimately, it comes down toyour decision to help out. Refugees come from all over the world. We can't justbring them to the front door of our own country and expect them to fit rightin. They need help. They need to understand our country, our society, ourcustoms, our cultural idiosyncrasies. They need to know all the things welearned as we grew from children into adults. They need to understand how tolive in a manner that allows them to belong. Someone has to teach these thingsand help newly arrived refugees navigate our world.
With so manycharities calling out with needs, should you consider refugee resettlement? Toanswer this you should look at your personal reasons why you might want tohelp. It may be that you have a grand vision for theworld and you want to be an advocate for world peace or fight to alleviatehunger and poverty. Or, your reasons may be much more personal. Perhaps yousimply want to learn about a different culture without leaving the comfort ofhome. Instead of traveling the world, you'd rather bring the world to you.Maybe you want a good excuse to learn a new language. Maybe you like to teach.Maybe you think that doing something good will make a difference and feel goodtoo. Maybe you're driven by logic and have concluded that helping refugees is just the right thing to do. Maybeyou just have an intense love for other people. Maybe you've experienced aspiritual calling.
With fewexceptions, it doesn't really matter what your personal motivations are, but itis important that you have reasons to persist. While refugee resettlement isrewarding, it is not always easy. Having concrete reasons why you want toresettle refugees, along with a long-term vision of a positive outcome, canhelp you get through the challenges. Developing those reasons into a passion toserve will carry you through the entire process and give you confidence thatyou can make a difference in our world today.
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