Democratic Republic of the Congo (Rwanda)

If you have additional information on Congolese refugees--about where they came from or their situation here now--please tell me! MARC@denrescue.org

In 2012, 5,340 Congolese refugees were referred for resettlement in the US. Over the next three years, an estimated 50,000 Congolese will be referred to all resettlement countries. The majority will be coming from Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi.

Background Information on Congolese refugees:

Overview of Congolese refugees: http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2013/country-chapters/democratic-republic-congo?page=2

Congolese Refugees Fact Sheet: http://www.unhcr.org/4bfe87ee9.html

UNHCR Operations page within the DRC: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e45c366&submit=GO

UNHCR Operations page within Rwanda: http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e45c576.html

Country Conditions Report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo: http://gulfcoastjewishfamilyandcommunityservices.org/refugee/files/2013/03/Congo-revisited-and-revised.pdf

Information and Video on Congolese refugees: http://www.culturalorientation.net/learning/populations/congolese-refugees

Wikipedia entry on the Democratic Republic of the Congo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo

Language Resources:

The most common languages spoken are Kinyarwanda and Kiswahili.

Kinyarwanda dictionary: http://kinyarwanda.net/index.php

Other Kinyarwanda resources: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kinyarwanda.htm

Learning Kiswahili: http://www.glcom.com/cyberswahili/swahili.htm

Useful phrases: http://www.kiswahili.net/

Online Swahili dictionary: http://africanlanguages.com/swahili/

Typical African foods and where to find them in Denver:

Groceries:

http://www.metroafrican.com/directory/markets/

http://www.onhavanastreet.com/grocery-stores-denver.cfm

Restaurants:

Restaurant listing: http://www.urbanspoon.com/f/17/1601/Denver/African-Restaurants

Queen of Sheba: https://plus.google.com/115468388684615072226/about?gl=us&hl=en