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