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COR Center Resource Package: Refugees from Darfur, SudanRefugees from the Darfur region of SudanThe following COR Center resources are designed to assist with the orientation, resettlement, and adjustment of refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan. Darfuri Refugees in the United States
This 26-minute PRM-funded video features interviews with refugees from the Darfuri region of Sudan, speaking about matters that affect their daily life, such as the need to work and entry-level positions available, education for children, learning English as an adult, time management and daily schedules, and so on.
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This 11-minute ORR-funded video includes an interview with a refugee senior from Darfur, as well as other seniors, speaking about their refugee background, experiences learning English, employment, transportation, and other matters.
See below the video for related materials, including the video script and questions for consideration, in English, Sudanese Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, and additional translations. See also lesson plans for use with service providers and refugees.
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The backgrounder provides refugee service providers and community members in the United States with basic information about the new arrivals—their recent history in Darfur and the countries of asylum, their cultural and socio-economic characteristics, and their resettlement experiences and needs.
Download the Backgrounder (PDF, 748 KB)
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Program profiles describe the structure of each overseas CO program, covering their learner population, locations, staffing, and content and/or emphases of the CO classes. Click to see the CO program profile of Church World Service/
Resettlement Support Center (CWS/RSC) Sub-Saharan Africa, which provides CO to U.S.-bound Darfuris.
Overseas CO Lesson Plans
Each CO program develops specialized lesson plans suited for their students' background and needs. These lesson plans were contributed by CWS/RSC Nairobi as examples of those used in overseas orientation throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Exercises used with Darfuris use less text and more visuals than those used with groups more familiar with the West.
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Exploring Cultural Differences
Employment Dilemmas
(10-20 minutes)
Skills Identification Game
(15-20 minutes)
Health: Compare and Contrast (40 minutes)
Health: Hygiene (45 minutes)
Health: Urgent versus Routine Care (45 minutes)
Domestic CO lesson plans
These PRM-funded lesson plans are designed to address initial resettlement issues brought up during interviews with Darfuri refugees and service providers.
Cultural Adjustment: Community Diversity (30 minutes) [COR Center]
Cultural Adjustment: Family Decisions (30 minutes) [COR Center]
Cultural Adjustment: Family Roles and Responsibilities (30 minutes) [COR Center]
Cultural Adjustment/Education: Reaching Out for Advice (30 minutes) [COR Center]
Education: School Enrollment and Parental Involvement (30 minutes) [COR Center]
Employment: Finding Employment for All (30 minutes) [COR Center]
Employment: Motivation (30 minutes) [COR Center]
Housing: Cutting Costs (30 minutes) [COR Center]
PowerPoint presentations on Darfuris
These presentations were delivered during a COR Center January 2010 webinar on Darfuri refugees. The first was delivered by the Cultural Orientation Coordinator stationed at the Church World Service/Overseas Processing Entity in Accra, Ghana, regarding the situation of Darfuri refugees in Chad. The second was presented by the Executive Director of the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees, on that agency's experience resettling refugees from Darfuri.
CWS Accra
Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees
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2004 edition; 2007 translation
A copy of this PRM-funded resettlement guidebook is given to all refugees overseas once they have been approved for resettlement to the U.S. Wherever possible, refugees also receive a face-to-face orientation or briefing conducted by refugee processing or U.S. Embassy staff. The Guidebook is intended to give refugees information about fundamental aspects of life in the United States and includes the following chapters: Pre-Arrival Processing, The Resettlement Agency, Community Services, Housing, Transportation, Employment, Education, Health, Managing your Money, Rights and Responsibilities, and Cultural Adjustment.
Download Welcome Guide in English (PDF, 1.23 MG)
Download Welcome Guide in Arabic (PDF, 5.75 MG)
Order a print copy at the CAL Store. English or Arabic (other languages available also listed there)
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The guidebook is complemented by the Welcome to the United States: Refugee Orientation video developed for use in overseas refugee orientation programs, which may also be used by resettlement agency staff conducting refugee orientation in the U.S. The DVD/videotape is divided into five parts reinforcing key points in each chapter of the Welcome to the United States refugee guidebook. Throughout the viewing, former refugees living in the U.S. share their experiences and perspectives with newly arriving refugees.
Buy online: DVDs (English) or DVDs (Arabic)
