Multicultural event raises awareness and funds for refugee housing in Utah county

PROVO, Utah — Congolese refugee Iragire Ndiyunguye has referred to as Utah house for a yr and a half. The 21-year-old fled the battle in his house nation to hunt a greater life.

“To go away the whole lot you will have, it was not simple for me,” Ndiyunguye stated. “It was not simple in Congo, , there may be preventing and we simply needed to run away from the nation.”

Ndiyunguye was capable of finding housing and employment by non-profit Utah Valley Refugees. He additionally discovered a way of group assembly different refugees by the group.

“Even if you’re not from the identical nation, even for those who can’t converse the identical language, you’re going to see like these are good individuals,” Ndiyunguye stated.

Friday night time many cultures have been on show by the non-profit’s multicultural exercise at The Utah County Well being and Justice Constructing in Provo. The occasion served as a fundraiser and consciousness marketing campaign to assist make clear the difficulties refugees have when resettling in a brand new nation.

“Housing is a matter, with housing they usually ask for credit score checks, and even references about the place you lived up to now,” Jenna Adams, director of group improvement for Utah Valley Refugees.

The group is true now serving to to deal with 32 households. The group continues to be in search of group members to step up and home a few of these refugees. If you’re eager about doing so, maybe providing up a rental property or a room to hire, go to their web site UtahValleyRefugees.org to use.