Welcome one of our newborns, Saw Ler Lweh, son of Maung Nyo and Thaw Re.Saw paid a visit to the IRC office today in the company of his smiling mother!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Welcome to Saw Ler!!!
Welcome one of our newborns, Saw Ler Lweh, son of Maung Nyo and Thaw Re.Saw paid a visit to the IRC office today in the company of his smiling mother!
Thank you!!
Thanks to Brenda's Simply Made Foods for donating a portion of their profits to the IRC Boise!This summer, IRC staff, worked with Brenda and her husband, Steve, at the Capitol City Market over several weeks.
Here's volunteer Mary Vinson who stopped by to say hello and below, Keziah with Brenda and Steve.
Thanks so much!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
IRC New Roots Community Garden
If you're a member of Facebook, we invite you to take a look at our newest page, maintained by Aliza Wenk of our staff. It's called "IRC New Roots Comunity Garden" and features our gardens, clients and volunteers who take care of them.
The Boys and Girls Club helped at the garden yesterday!
2010 World Refugee Day
Beautiful Umu in her blue dress.
Staff person, Shannon Davis-Jones and her daughter with Atosha and her daughter!
Below, three Burmese families!
The White family, and their refugee family from Congo, Democratic Republic.
Friday, June 11, 2010
World Refugee Day Picnic - Friday, June 18
Here's another event, in conjunction with World Refugee Day, sponsored by the English Language Learning CenterFriday, June 18, 2010
Ann Morrison Park from 4 to 8PM
Potluck Picnic - Please bring a dish to share
"A Celebration of Culture"
Singing, Dancing, Playing Music and much more!
If you are able to help drive or set up for the picnic, please call Barbara at 338-2696 ext 2
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Thanks, Tim! - Great Blog Link!
Thanks to IRC family mentor volunteer, Tim Willis, for sending along this link to a great blog re: getting a Burmese man out of a refugee camp.
http://www.good.is/series/getting-samy-out-of-burma/
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
FREE Yard Sale - Saturday, June 26
Here's the info:
Who: Hillview United Methodist Church
Where: 8525 Ustick Road (between Milwaukee and Maple Grove)
When: Saturday, June 26 from 9AM to 1PM
What: Inside yard sale (look for directional signs)
Monday, June 7, 2010
FREE Movies Under the Stars - Begins June 19
Movies Under the Stars
What: The Boise Public Schools Education Foundation and Boise Parks and Recreation are proud to present Movies Under the Stars – 2010, featuring FREE family movies and activities.
We would like to thank our Presenting Sponsors:
Chicago Connection Pizza and United Dairymen of Idaho
Where: Julia Davis Park
Gene Harris Band Shell
700 S. Capitol Blvd.
When: 7:00pm - Boise Parks and Recreation will have the Mobile Recreation Unit on hand to provide free activities for kids. Family games will be offered, compliments of the Idaho National Guard Counterdrug Support Program.
Dusk - Movie begins!
June 19 The Princess Bride Rated: PG
July 17 Planet 51 Rated: PG
August 21 Percy Jackson & The Olympians:
The Lightning Thief Rated: PG
There is free parking in the park and additional free parking at the Library! lot after 6pm. Please don’t park on private property.
Please leave your pets at home!
More Tips for a Perfect “Movies Under the Stars” Night Out
DO NOT drop off your children and leave them unattended. Parents must attend the movies with their children.
Bring snacks from home or enjoy food from our vendors.
Lock your bicycles in designated bike racks. Please don’t lay your bike on the ground next to you; we are trying to allow as many people as possible to enjoy the movies.
Don’t forget bug spray and sunscreen.
Bring a flashlight. After the movie, there will be lighting around the band shell, but the greenbelt can be dark in places.
Bring a blanket to wrap up in, it can get cold in the evening.
Low camp chairs are welcome, just be courteous to those around you.
Trash cans and recycle bins will be available, please leave the park as clean as you found it.
This is a DRUG-FREE family friendly event, NO alcohol and NO smoking please!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Bike Outing - Deh Mo Family
Here's some great pictures (and a little summary) from our faithful "picture-taking" volunteers, Julianne and Kristi:
We took So Reh and my boys and Kristi's nephew, Harrison, with their bikes up into the hills behind our house.
They rode their bikes on these crazy trails/hills/jumps and took about 12 years off of my life. Rebecca, Deh Mo and Mu Mu hiked up a nearby hill and watched us.
Occasionally, Kristi and Deh Mo and I would all gasp at the same time and Mu Mu would just laugh and laugh.
We took So Reh and my boys and Kristi's nephew, Harrison, with their bikes up into the hills behind our house. They rode their bikes on these crazy trails/hills/jumps and took about 12 years off of my life. Rebecca, Deh Mo and Mu Mu hiked up a nearby hill and watched us.
Occasionally, Kristi and Deh Mo and I would all gasp at the same time and Mu Mu would just laugh and laugh.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
World Refugee Day, 2010 MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
Mark your calendars for the World Refugee Day Celebration 2010!Boise Center on the Grove
Saturday June 19, 2010
10AM to 3PM
World Refugee Day, a United Nations initiative that began in 2001, celebrates the lives and contributions of refugees around the world. The international theme for World Refugee Day 2010 is:
Home: "They have taken my home but they can't take my future"
The Idaho Office for Refugees, in partnership with the International Rescue Committee, World Relief, Agency for New Americans, and the English Language Center, is hosting a day of activities to celebrate our local refugee community and raise awareness of international struggle for safety and freedom. Arts and performance activities are used to deliver these positive educational messages and to help counter fear and ignorance.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Burmese Mother's Day Fun
Just a few more pictures from the BIG day!Notice the "before" picture to all the other "after" pictures in entries further down.
Mother's Day Thursday
Thursday was the special Mother's Day celebration for African women.
The day started with facials and makeup, then lunch, followed by flowers.
Beautiful picture!
The day started with facials and makeup, then lunch, followed by flowers.
Beautiful picture!
Burmese Mother's Day Hair Cut Pictures
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Join IRC-Boise's FaceBook Page
We'd love to have you as a fan of the International Rescue Committee - Boise, on Facebook!
I just posted pictures from our day at the Boys and Girls Club! Thanks so all of the volunteers who gave rides and who brought your families!!
Here's Megan Luy, part of a team of volunteers, with 3 members of her family.
Refugees in Boise get new Mother's Day hairdos | Local News | Idaho Statesman
WONDERFUL Day at the IRC!!
Refugees in Boise get new Mother's Day hairdos Local News Idaho Statesman
Make sure you check out all the pictures via the link by the article.
Refugees in Boise get new Mother's Day hairdos Local News Idaho Statesman
Make sure you check out all the pictures via the link by the article.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Winning Youth Photograph
Here's the winning photograph submitted to the national IRC Youth Photo Competition, by our very own Madhavi Luitel! Madhavi won in the "Culture" category. This is Madhavi's brother. The family is from Bhutan.Wednesday, April 28, 2010
BIG Day - Saturday, May 8
The IRC and the Boys and Girls Club of Garden City has teamed up for a GREAT day of fun, Saturday, May 8 from 10AM to 2PM. We hope to see all of our volunteers and their families there. If you would like to help with transportation, please call Joanie at the IRC office. 344-1792.Tuesday, April 27, 2010
FREE On-going Event
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Take note that this is a wonderful on-going event!! It's free and a wonderful opportunity to expose not just our African clients, but everyone to another culture. Cost: FREE (our favorite).Also, check out their website: http://globalloungegroup.org
Monday, March 29, 2010
Abundance Projuect/IRC Video
http://vimeo.com/10124041 Take a second to look at the video that The Abundance Project that was made last summer!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Letter to the Editor
Dear IRC-Boise blog readers:
Thought you might enjoy this sneak-preview of a letter to the editor by one of our volunteers, Sally Casler. With Sally's permission:
Dear Idaho Statesman Editor:
I have a perspective to share regarding being an older citizen and in the situation of having become unemployed. I have been in this situation for six months, at this point, and have had the privilege of delving and exploring into not only potential employment in our community, but doing the same within my own life records and becoming better acquainted with myself.
I have done much toward leaving less for others to decide the importance of my material things. As I have “aged” in this process, I have found that there are many levels in which to become involved in the community by reaching out to others and sometimes just be comfortable (or uncomfortable) with myself.
Several insights have emerged regarding the times that each of us is experiencing. I have heard dialogue from others that what is occurring is similar to that of our grandparents, such as walking or biking to access school, work and finding ways to enjoy family life with few resources. Are we emerging into a new view of the cycle of fifty or so years ago? We are resilient and resourceful, and we can find riches that we never thought possible when and if we are compelled to do so.
I’d like to propose that we are reawakening into that deeper part of ourselves that really knows how to survive and enjoy life, with or without employment; with or without the “American Dream.” I wish to encourage each of us who are in a similar situation to reach out, write, talk, take a class, teach a class, contact someone else who you feel could benefit from your contact. Volunteer. Tell a story to a child. It’s magical and brings a lot of joy.
Sally Casler
Thought you might enjoy this sneak-preview of a letter to the editor by one of our volunteers, Sally Casler. With Sally's permission:
Dear Idaho Statesman Editor:
I have a perspective to share regarding being an older citizen and in the situation of having become unemployed. I have been in this situation for six months, at this point, and have had the privilege of delving and exploring into not only potential employment in our community, but doing the same within my own life records and becoming better acquainted with myself.
I have done much toward leaving less for others to decide the importance of my material things. As I have “aged” in this process, I have found that there are many levels in which to become involved in the community by reaching out to others and sometimes just be comfortable (or uncomfortable) with myself.
Several insights have emerged regarding the times that each of us is experiencing. I have heard dialogue from others that what is occurring is similar to that of our grandparents, such as walking or biking to access school, work and finding ways to enjoy family life with few resources. Are we emerging into a new view of the cycle of fifty or so years ago? We are resilient and resourceful, and we can find riches that we never thought possible when and if we are compelled to do so.
I’d like to propose that we are reawakening into that deeper part of ourselves that really knows how to survive and enjoy life, with or without employment; with or without the “American Dream.” I wish to encourage each of us who are in a similar situation to reach out, write, talk, take a class, teach a class, contact someone else who you feel could benefit from your contact. Volunteer. Tell a story to a child. It’s magical and brings a lot of joy.
Sally Casler
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