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After refugee aid cuts, faith groups help Afghan women connect through sewing
Volunteers drove the women, watched their children and donated sewing machines as the program helped them build skills and community.
- Two Durham-based congregations revived the 'Stitching for Hope' sewing circle last week, filling a gap left after the Refugee Community Partnership suspended the program for Afghan women.
- Sweeping Trump administration cuts to refugee support organizations forced the Refugee Community Partnership to terminate the program, eliminating resources for transportation and childcare the women depended on.
- Volunteers from the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and Judea Reform Congregation provided transportation, arranged translators, and donated at least a dozen sewing machines to sustain the classes.
- Class coordinator Audrey Green called the program "a lifeline for many," emphasizing that isolated Afghan women gained essential peer connection alongside sewing skill development.
- Meanwhile, the Trump administration proposed raising refugee caps exclusively for South African Afrikaners while reportedly considering relocating over 1,100 Afghan allies to Congo.
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After refugee aid cuts, faith groups help Afghan women connect through sewing
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — The Refugee Community Partnership, a mutual aid organization that supports immigrants, used to offer a sewing circle for Afghan women whose families had recently been resettled in the Triangle region of North Carolina.
·New York, United States
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Refugee support is drying up in St. Louis. Afghan programs face uncertain future
A tutoring program run by nonprofit Welcome Neighbor STL is one of several supports for Afghan refugees in St. Louis that leaders say are under threat as federal funding expires.
·St. Louis, United States
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