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美国国家公共电台 NPR--Americans are invited to play a direct role in helping stem the refugee crisis

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Americans are invited to play a direct role in helping1 stem the refugee crisis

Transcript2

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Jocelyn Wyatt, CEO of Alight, one of several organizations supporting ordinary Americans in helping refugees to resettle via the newly launched Welcome Corps3.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

The Biden administration is inviting4 Americans to play a direct role in helping stem the refugee crisis. Welcome Corps is a new policy that allows private citizens to sponsor displaced people from around the world right in their own communities with help from nonprofit organizations. Alight is one such group.

ANATOLIY CHEREDNICHENKO: Because we speak the same language as the refugees, we can understand their needs better. And because we have that insider perspective, we can share it with the American sponsors so that they kind of have that insight as well.

MART?NEZ: That's Anatoliy Cherednichenko, who serves as a guide with Alight to identify and train potential American sponsors.

CHEREDNICHENKO: It's been incredible. We've been talking to multiple sponsors about their ongoing5 experiences. They just feel like the citizens of the world. So for them, it doesn't matter whether it's Ukraine or whether there is a crisis in Afghanistan, they feel like they want to step up and help whoever is experiencing this crisis, because in the end, we all share the same land. We all live on the same planet. And seeing that kind of cosmopolitan6 perspective in Americans we're working with is truly incredible because you understand how many good people are here in the world. We just need to identify them and work with them so that they feel supported.

MART?NEZ: I asked Alight CEO Jocelyn Wyatt about what she hears are the biggest concerns from people thinking about becoming refugee sponsors.

JOCELYN WYATT: They really want to make sure that they're doing well by the family that is arriving, and that they're going to be able to provide for their needs. Our guides often want to make sure that people have beyond the basic needs of housing and food and health care, but that they really have a sense of belonging and connection and are able to build really strong relationships both with the sponsor groups but also with other diaspora communities and the broader local community that they're resettling into.

MART?NEZ: So when a potential sponsor asks, OK, so what's involved here? What am I looking forward to? What do you tell them?

WYATT: Yeah. So for the new program with Welcome Corps, the requirement is financial support of $2,275 per refugee that the sponsor group needs to be able to commit. In addition to that, it's three months of support, which includes everything from meeting the family at the airport and bringing them to the new house or apartment where they'll be living. Getting kids into school, making sure that they have the appropriate clothing and furniture and everything that they need, that they are helping connect them with jobs, getting them enrolled7 in English language classes and really connecting to a broader community so that they are able to build those relationships and feel like this new place is home for them, where they can imagine really amazing future for themselves and their families going forward.

MART?NEZ: And we're talking about refugees. Yeah. So I mean, these are people that have gone through some pretty stressful, if not life-threatening situations. Is there any kind of training in terms of how the potential sponsors need to be around the people that they're taking in?

WYATT: Absolutely. So part of the training program that Alight offers to the sponsor groups is around understanding the psychosocial support that's needed. We run programs in psychological first aid, but also have opportunities for referral for mental health resources through professionals as well, because we understand the trauma8 that people have experienced and take that really seriously.

MART?NEZ: And I'm guessing it's a lot different to feel compassion9 for refugees that you see on the news every single night, but it's a much different story when they're actually in the room sitting next to you and living there.

WYATT: That's right. Everyone that we talked to who has had the opportunity to connect with the new arrivals or serve as a sponsor has told us that the experience has been absolutely transformative for themselves and their families. They're seeing that this is a real opportunity to enrich communities in the U.S. through bringing in more diversity, people from different cultural backgrounds, to bring in people that can productively work and serve in jobs in this country where we have a real need for labor10 force.

MART?NEZ: And it sounds like a wonderful opportunity to share cultures. Jocelyn, I'll be honest, I'm thinking food. (Laughter) I mean, you could share recipes and how to make food, you know, and dishes that maybe you wouldn't have had before.

WYATT: Absolutely. We see plenty of that, which is sort of sharing these cooking lessons. We see sharing music. We've seen Afghan women who are teaching music classes to Minnesotan women and children.

MART?NEZ: So how long do you anticipate the process to take for a refugee applicant11 from start to finish?

WYATT: We're hoping to receive the first new arrivals through the Welcome Corps program in April. And so we are currently recruiting people that want to sign up as sponsors. And as we do that, Welcome Corps will be matching those sponsor groups with the refugees, many of whom have been waiting years, if not decades for resettlement. Many of the people that will be in the first wave to participate in this program are refugees that Alight has worked with for decades in places like Rwanda, where we're serving Congolese refugees, for instance. And so this is such an incredible opportunity to really start to transition folks out of refugee camps, into more permanent resettlement opportunities in a country like the United States, where so many refugees have such a strong desire to move to and resettle.

MART?NEZ: Comparing the current presidential administration to the one previous, what kind of a shift does this initiative, then, demonstrate in terms of how the U.S. is trying to deal with the immigration crisis?

WYATT: This is a huge shift from the previous administration. There are a number of efforts that this administration has launched, Welcome Corps being the most recent of them. But this is really amazing opportunity for the U.S. to see what it looks like for us to be the type of country that welcomes in refugees, that's able to provide safe haven12 and opportunity and a pathway to a rich and desirable future for people that have experienced such trauma, have experienced such hardship in their lives. And so this is a moment for America to be as generous as we know that we can be as a country.

MART?NEZ: That's Jocelyn Wyatt, CEO of Alight. Jocelyn, thanks.

WYATT: Thank you so much. It was great to be here.

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1 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
2 transcript JgpzUp     
n.抄本,誊本,副本,肄业证书
参考例句:
  • A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
  • They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。
3 corps pzzxv     
n.(通信等兵种的)部队;(同类作的)一组
参考例句:
  • The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
4 inviting CqIzNp     
adj.诱人的,引人注目的
参考例句:
  • An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
  • The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人,使人感到亲切温馨。
5 ongoing 6RvzT     
adj.进行中的,前进的
参考例句:
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
6 cosmopolitan BzRxj     
adj.世界性的,全世界的,四海为家的,全球的
参考例句:
  • New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。
  • She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life.她有四海一家的人生观。
7 enrolled ff7af27948b380bff5d583359796d3c8     
adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 );登记,招收,使入伍(或入会、入学等),参加,成为成员;记入名册;卷起,包起
参考例句:
  • They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起,他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 trauma TJIzJ     
n.外伤,精神创伤
参考例句:
  • Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
  • The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。
9 compassion 3q2zZ     
n.同情,怜悯
参考例句:
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
10 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
参考例句:
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
11 applicant 1MlyX     
n.申请人,求职者,请求者
参考例句:
  • He was the hundredth applicant for the job. 他是第100个申请这项工作的人。
  • In my estimation, the applicant is well qualified for this job. 据我看, 这位应征者完全具备这项工作的条件。
12 haven 8dhzp     
n.安全的地方,避难所,庇护所
参考例句:
  • It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后,这真是一个安乐窝。
  • The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
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