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Archive for the ‘Church World Service of North Carolina’ Category

Church World Service of North Carolina

Posted by Melissa Sogard on November 9, 2010

We received the following letter today from a concerned citizen regarding the Church World Service of North Carolina office in Durham, NC:

Hello,

CWS Refugee and Immigration Program in Durham, NC has been established since January of 2009 and starting resettling refugees in April of 2009. The office has never been monitored by PRM; the clients and the local community suffer because of their inadequacy. The director at CWS Durham actually commissioned her husband to build bed frames which were nothing more than 2x4s slapped together! If PRM cannot ensure that all the resettlement offices follow their set procedures, then I dare say there should be less refugees and less resettlement offices.

a concerned citizen

Posted in beds, Church World Service of North Carolina, North Carolina, PRM, Raleigh-Durham | Tagged: Church World Service, Church World Service of North Carolina, Durham, refugee resettlement, refugee resettlement agencies, refugee resettlement program, refugees, resettlement | 2 Comments »

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