Program in Indonesia helps refugees from Asia and Africa resettle
Program in Indonesia helps refugees from Asia and Africa resettle
2024-07-19
Indonesia has become a temporary home for thousands of refugees from Asia and Africa. Voice of America’s Dave Grunebaum reports from Cisarua [chi-sa-ROO-ah], Indonesia, on a program that helps these displaced people prepare for the lives that lie ahead of them.
In these classrooms in Cisarua, Indonesia, 85 young refugees learn subjects from science to English to math.
Academically qualified students can even join an online program and work towards a U.S. high school diploma. It’s happening at the Cisarua Refugee Learning Center. Cisaura is a few hours drive from Indonesia’s biggest city, Jakarta, and hosts about 1,300 refugees, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
Afnaan Guleid is a 13-year-old whose family fled Somalia. She says her family worried about violence back in their homeland. But here, she can focus on her dreams.
Afnaan Guleid
Student refugee from Somalia
I want to be a scientist when I grow up because I love to do experiments and discover things by myself.
The facilities are very basic. This learning center is funded entirely from private donations, mostly from international donors. All of the teachers are volunteers, and many are refugees themselves. Students and their families fled violence or persecution in countries in Asia and Africa.
Reza Hussa
Learning center principal
Students from different cultures. Students from different religions. Students from different countries. When they come here, I’m sure there is a diversity of culture here.
Zahra Sakhawat is a 12-year-old student from Afghanistan. She says this learning center builds a sense of community.
Zahra Sakhawat
Student refugee from Afghanistan
The community is very good because everyone is very kind and dear with each other.
The United Nations refugee agency says that currently, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are accepting refugees who are staying in Indonesia but the process typically takes at least seven years and placement is not guaranteed. While Indonesia allows refugees to enroll in public schools, the Cisarua Refugee Learning Center offers its students a chance to focus on their English which is a skill they’ll need if they’re resettled.
Reza Hussa
Learning center principal
We are trying to prepare them for the next country that they are going.
The Cisarua Refugee Learning Center opened a decade ago and has become a model for similar refugee programs that have started elsewhere in the country to help young refugees prepare for the future.
Dave Grunebaum, VOA News, Cisarua, Indonesia.
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為下一站做好準備! 印尼希薩魯難民學校現況直擊
2024-07-19
印尼已成為來自亞洲和非洲數千難民的臨時家園。美國之音記者Dave Grunebaum來到印尼希薩魯難民學校，了解他們如何幫助年輕的難民為未來做好準備。
位在印尼希薩魯的教室裡，85位年輕的難民，正在學習有關科學、英語、數學的主題。
符合質格的學生還可以加入線上課程，希望取得美國高中文憑。希薩魯距離印尼最大的城市雅加達，約幾個小時的車程，根據聯合國難民署的數字，這裡收容了約1300名難民。
13歲的Afnaan Guleid，來自索馬利亞。擔心家人在故鄉安危的她，很慶幸自己可以在這裡專注於自己的夢想。
[[索馬利亞難民Afnaan Guleid]]
”我長大後想成為一名科學家，我熱喜歡做實驗，發現新的事物”
這個難民營學校只有一些基本設施，營運仰賴來自全球的私人捐款。所有的教師都是志工，許多人自己也是難民。學生及他們的家庭來自亞洲和非洲國家，為了躲避迫害來到這裡。
[[難民營學校校長Reza Hussa]]
“來自不同文化的學生，來自不同宗教的學生，來自不同國家的學生。當他們來到這裡時，我確定這裡有文化的多樣性”
12歲的Zahra Sakhawat，來自阿富汗，她說這裡營造了社區的感覺。
[[阿富汗難民 Zahra Sakhawat]]
”社區非常好，因為每個人都對彼此非常友善”
聯合國難民署表示，目前美國、加拿大、澳洲和新西蘭都會接收在印尼的難民，但是這個過程通常需要至少七年，而且並不保證定居。雖然印尼允許難民在公立學校學習，希薩魯難民學校為學生們提供較完善的英語教學，讓學生們被重新安置時，能夠更快融入環境。
[[難民營學校校長Reza Hussa]]
“我們希望幫助他們，為去下一個國家做好準備”
希薩魯難民學校運作至今已經有十年了，現已成為印尼其他地方啟動類似難民計劃的典範，希望幫助年輕的難民為未來做好準備。
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