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  • Lifelines: Farming Program Helps N.H. Refugees Move Forward From Past Trauma Audio icon

    Peter Biello Alex McOwen

    May 06, 2020 |

    New Hampshire Public Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    Fresh Start Farms is a program by the New Hampshire Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success that invites refugees in the state to apply their farming skills here in America to earn an income. Many of the refugees in New Hampshire are from Somalia and witnesses to the Civil War there—and they carry that trauma with them. Having this outlet, where you can do what you know how to do alongside people who have similar experiences as you, is therapeutic. The program is now moving forward with opening up a storefront despite the COVID-19 restrictions.

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