Eritrea

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

In 2012, 40 refugees from Eritrea were resettled in Colorado and 1,321 in the US as a whole.

Background information on Eritrean Refugees:

UNHCR Official Eritrea refugee profile: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e4838e6&submit=GO

Eritrean Refugees in Shimelba Refugee Camp - Information about the Tigrinya and Kunama refugees from the Shimelba Refugee Camp, looking at their recent history in Eritrea and Ethiopia, their cultural attributes, and their socio-economic characteristics (PDF, 2010, CAL)

Muslim Refugees - A basic introduction to the worldview of Muslim peoples and special considerations when working with Muslim refugees (PDF, 2003, CAL)

Tigrinya and Arabic Language Resources:

Okay Tigrinya website: http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/tigrinya-phrases.html

Tigrinya basics: http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/tigrinya.php

More Tigrinya basics: http://learntigrinya.blogspot.com/

Decent Arabic site: http://www.madinaharabic.com/

Arabic basics: http://www.searchtruth.com/arabic/lessons/unit1_writing.php

Animated Arabic alphabet learning: http://www.funwitharabic.com/

Lots of Arabic phrases: http://i-cias.com/babel/arabic/

Typical Eritrean foods and where to find them in Denver:

From what I understand, Eritrean and Ethiopian foods are basically the same.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean_cuisine

Restaurants:

http://www.redsearestaurantdenver.com/ (Denver)

http://aradarestaurant.com/ (Denver)

Queen of Sheba Ethiopian (Denver)

Google Maps of Ethiopian Restaurants

Resources for Eritrean Refugees: