Refugee Graduation

In order to graduate I needed to complete 252 internship hours. For my internship I worked with the Catholic Community Services Refugee Resettlement program around the corner from our apartment. During my internship I wrote health education materials for refugees and then proceeded to teach health education classes. I taught four different groups of refugees about Medicaid, primary, urgent and emergency care, public transportation and other basic health topics that are common knowledge for individuals that have been living in the United States their entire life. I was amazed at the little things that I take for granted each day that the refugees in my classes knew nothing about. My internship was a real eye opener for me and I loved it! At the end of my internship we held a class graduation ceremony. Unfortunately, because most of my refugees had already found jobs, they were unable to attend the graduation but two of the refugees from my classes were able to come. Here are a few pictures of our fun graduation ceremony. 

Me with Abdi Bale

Me with Ali

The group 

After my refugee graduation I was trying to make dinner and pulled the handle off of our little microwave. Dusty came to my rescue and took me to get a new one. Our new one is twice the size of our old one and can hold a whole plate in it (the other one only fit little plates and bowls). I am super excited to have a not ghetto microwave :) 

The ripped off handle

The entire face of the microwave fell off