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: