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Relief efforts underway at the Stonybrook Mobile Home Park in Raleigh.Christmas Eve Fire
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CIR - Centro International de Raleigh
International Center
Raleigh
Currently, Hispanics are the fastest growing segment of the US population. The Census Bureau statistics report that the Hispanic population has risen to more than15% of the total population. As of 2006, there has been a 600% increase in the Hispanic population in North Carolina since 2000. The NC public school system is in crisis mode trying to accommodate this dramatic rise in Hispanic students. Of the new students in WCPSS in 2005-06, 11.2% were Hispanic.
For many reasons this segment of our population is becoming increasingly isolated, not the least of which is the fact that a large percentage of them are undocumented. Many of them lack the understanding of how to integrate with the US society thus increasing their isolation exacerbating the societal difficulties that have arisen as a result.
CIR provides a means for the Hispanic population to integrate with the people, resources, and information that will enable them to adjust their goals in order to live within the laws of God and man, to become more productive in their own life, and contribute to the society. We believe that the Word of God provides the template for each of us to rebuild our lives and identity and thus be fulfilled and productive individuals as God would have us to be.
American Translating & Interpreting
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| "A family of four moved into their uncle's trailer (in Stony Brook) where the uncle's son and his family lived as well. It was a tight fit eight people in one 12 foot wide trailer but somehow they made it work. The tornado of April 16th changed all that. " ...more |
| Juan and Irena along with their fifteen year old son lived in a double wide trailer they purchased several years ago. The storm dropped a tree across the corner of their home, removing the corner of the dining room and punched a hole in the roof of the master bedroom. The City......more |
| "Imagine, you are a pregnant from another culture with three elementary children and a toddler. Your home gets twisted by a tornado then your husband gets deported three weeks later. You aren’t eligible for FEMA and the trailer you owned is too old to insure. " ...more |
| I cannot begin to tell you the experience I had today!!!! I called CIR at 1:30 and was at Green Chair Project at 2:00. I was able to help Family #1 move to their new home after helping them pick out items that were packed into a UHaul and we drove them to their new home ...more
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Green Chair Project for all
furniture and small appliance
donations.
