KHRW Iraqi American Center

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Mission

To empower refugess, new-arrivals, and communities in the United States in achieving individual and community self-sufficiency and integration.

About KHRW
Iraqi American Center

Iraqi American Center is an affiliation of Kurdish Human Rights Watch ( KHRW). KHRW is a humanitarian, non-profit community based organization. KHRW has its main office in Virginia and some six centers in the USA and Iraq.Since 1989, KHRW has helped refugees and immigrants achieve successful resettlement. In reaching our goals, we have established social, educationl, health, and international programs.

KHRW is also a prominent source of up-to-date information on the Iraqi people in general and the Kurdish people in particular. In the past decade, KHRW’s priority has been to assist newcomers with training on various aspects of American life.

Today KHRW has a full range of services to help clients from all ethnic backgrounds achieve self-sufficiency.

Services & Programs

  1. Family and Marriage Enrichment Program (FMEP).
  2. Translation and interpretating services.
  3. Immigration counseling.
  4. ESOL, literacy, and citizenship classes.
  5. Orientation on American culture.
  6. Orientation on Iraqi culture.

…and more…

Partnerships/Networking

Partnership with Macomb Literacy Partners in developing English literacy and language skills, and preparing immigrants to pass the Citizenship test. Literacy program networking with Macomb Literacy Partners, Oakland Literacy Council, and the Detroit Literacy group.

Partnership with ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services) in Family Enrichment programs.

Non-KHRW IAC funded support personnel
Site for VISTA Volunteers to work in our literacy programs.
Site for internships from local universities to assist in all our programs.

Ways you can help Newcomers:

  1. Make a tax-deductible donation.
  2. Sponsor a refugee family.
  3. Volunteer to be a mentor or teacher of English.
  4. Volunteer to provide refugee transportation to and from appointments.

Address:

KHRW – Iraqi American Center
Humanitarian
Non-Profit Organization

28091 Dequindre Rd.
Suite 206
Madison Heights, MI, 48071
Tel: (248) 541-7707
Fax: (248) 541-7703

 

  • KHRW IAC English class members shared their experiences as immigrants and refugees on the air with WPON radio host, Dr. Phyllis Noda.

 


KHRW IAC Volunteer Mazin Hana leads a session of the Family Wellness Program.
Community members Nidal Abbas and Ano Mikha at the open house. Ano’s beautiful outfit is traditional Chaldean.
Louise Hartung, KHRW IAC Board of Directors member and Macomb Literacy Partners volunteer English and Citizenship teacher, with Macomb Literacy
Partners Director, Marsha DiVergilio.
KHRW American history and government citizenship classes in Michigan.

Help KHRW Rebuild Communities in Iraq

February 21, 2005 / posted in Uncategorized / Comments Off

March, 2003: The Kurdish Human Rights Watch (KHRW) is concerned that the international community may ignore the plight of Iraqis in Northern Iraq. There are already approximately 600,000 Kurdish-Iraqi men, women and children in Northern Iraq that are internally displaced (IDPs) and living in tent camps. The devastation of a war could more than double the Iraqi IDP population in the north and create an urgent need for water, food, shelter and medical care. …more

Learn more about Kurds in Iraq: See KHRW’s Special Report

KHRW offers a wide range of services to refugees and immigrants across the United States and to communities in Northern Iraq. These include:

Social Services
Employment Services
Orientation and Cross-Cultural Training
Humanitarian Aid
Language Services
Transitional Housing and Support
Refugee and Immigrant Services
Community Strengthening
Rehabilitation and Mentoring
Mentoring

See KHRW’s Statement of Capabilities for details (coming soon…).

KHRW has centers in the United States in Dallas TX, Fairfax VA (main office), Nashville TN, San Diego CA, and Seattle WA, and in Iraqi Kurdistan in Erbil and Sulaimanya.

KHRW Dallas Programs and Services

February 7, 2005 / posted in Uncategorized / Comments Off

Orientation - 

Orientation into the American Culture

Orientation into the Kurdish Culture

Includes “Welcome to America Booklet” in Kurdish

 

Ways you can help new refugee/ families:

Tax-deductible financial contributions and donations
Sponsor a refugee family
Volunteer as a mentor or trainer or teacher of English
Volunteer to help with refugee transportation to and from appointments.
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Employment Counseling Services –

Kurdish Human Rights Watch has been providing Employment Services to the Middle Eastern Community in Dallas since it was established in 2000. The Employment Services Program includes job search, employment applications, job readiness, and resume preparation for job interviews. For more information about KHRW’s Employment Services Program, please call (972) 980-4772 or Email us at KHRWDallas@aol.com

Seminars to introduce refugees to the American Employment

Employment Counseling

Resume Preparation

Finding a Job

Interview Guides

Job Counseling

Resettlement Programs

KHRW provides refugees with resettlement services to overcome barriers to a smooth transition.  KHRW assists refugees and immigrants deal with major issues in their everyday lives.

Immigration counseling: general counseling and referral, preparation of documents for asylum, family reunification, etc.  KHRW/Dalas has been providing Immigration Services to the community since 2000.  KHRW assists immigrants and refugees with their applications for Employment Authorization renewals, Green Card applications, Citizenship application and preparation, access and referrals for family reunification and Affidavits of Relationship (AOR) and Affidavit of Support (AOS), etc. For more information about KHRW’s Immigration Services, please call (972) 980-4772 or Email us at KHRWDallas@aol.com

Housing Assistance: Helps refugees find cost effective housing

Citizenship Classes

Networking with other Kurdish Refugees

Mentorship Programs –

Mentorship Programs:  Linking refugees with volunteer families

Homebound Outreach –

Outreach to homebound women and the elderly

Peer support

ESL and Literacy –

Specialized English courses: ESL and literacy

Computer Training, Windows, MS-DOS, Spreadsheets, and Word Processing

Translation and Interpretation: Kurdish, Farsi, Arabic, French

KHRW is providing English as a Second Language classes (ESL) to the community.  The majority of the students are homebound women and elderly.  ESL is the newest form of English Training, studies have proved that ESL helps prepare individuals with limited to no English language skills for the Job Industry.    Teachers teach the individuals work related English; such as time management (how important time is in the work place), dress for success (professional clothes are needed to get a professional job), resume preparation, hands on interview skills, etc.

Translation and Interpretation –

KHRW/ Dalas provides Interpretation and Translation services since 2000 for most Middle Eastern languages such as Kurdish, Arabic, Chaldean, Farsi, and Turkish.  For more information about KHRW’s Interpretation and Translation Services, please call (972) 980-4772 or Email us at KHRWDallas@aol.com

Women Issues and Democracy –

Women’s Issue: Women’s Issues and Democracy, the Prevention of violence against women

Health and Nutrition Referral –

Seminars to introduce refugees to the American Health

Health and Nutritional Referral:

Provides medical health, maternal and child care services to newly arrived refugees

Mental Health and family counseling

Counseling for post traumatic stress syndrome

HIV and Aids awareness workshops: programs focuses on ways of reducing the risk of spreading the HIV infection