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Somali refugees build new life in Kansas towns
In Garden City and Dodge City Somali refugees, led by leaders like Liban Ali and Farah Hanaf, establish language and citizenship classes, seek housing, and form refugee centers. They face barriers learning English, driving, and navigating services, while community coalitions work to ease integration and prevent tensions.
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Ali Mohamed Ali
Garden City
Ali
Cairo
Egypt
Finney County
Tyson Fresh Meats
Tyson
Emporia
Somalia
U.N. Refugee Agency
America
Levita Rohlman
Catholic Agency For Migration and Refugee Services
Kansas
Rohlman
IBP
Rohlmann
Tysone
Norfolk
Neb
Mark Grey
University of Northern Iowa
Midwest
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Grey
Iowa Center For Immigrant Leadership and Integration
Garden City Community College
Mohamed Abdurahman
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Jonathan Galia
Galia
Dodge City
Second Avenue
Liban Ali
Omaha
Abdihakim Abdullahi
Cargill
Abdullahi
Africa
Minneapolis Foundation
Mohamed Abdulkadir
United States
Farah Hanaf
Hanaf
U.S
Ohio
Johns Street