EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING
PROGRAM
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ReWA's Education and Vocational
Training Program offers 17 classes in English as a Second Language
(ESL), Vocational Training and citizenship classes to more than 360
adults each quarter. |
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Without the ability to read and write, refugees and immigrants
do not have equal access to economic and social opportunities
in the larger community.
Through ReWA's Educational And Vocational Training Program, adult
refugees and immigrants gain the language and vocational skills
they need to support their families and improve their lives. War,
persecution and displacement prevented many refugee and immigrant
families from accessing educational opportunities in their countries
of origin. Now in the United States, many adult refugees
and immigrants find that improved English language and vocational
skills can help them to advocate for themselves and their children,
access community resources, secure and maintain livable-wage employment,
become citizens, and use their voting power.
 Refugee and immigrant women and men from around the globe participate
in ReWA's English as a Second Language classes, as well as our
Citizenship and Vocational Training classes. ReWA's staff's
language competencies in Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Cantonese, Cambodian,
Cham, Farsi, Hmong, Ilokano, Laotian, Mandarin, Oromo, Romanian,
Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Taiwanese, Tagalog, Thai, Tigrigna,
Ukrainian and Vietnamese enable ReWA to provide language and support
services to our diverse communities.
ReWA's Education and Vocational Training Program, in conjunction
with the Family Support Program,
help refugees and immigrants to develop the skills that will lead to
living-wage employment. Participants involved in the program
receive individual assistance from bilingual job coaches and
employment specialists who work with them to gain training, develop
family management plans, and successfully find employment.
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