Major League Opportunity for Refugees at Fenway Park
Getting a call from the Red Sox to come on down to Fenway Park is the dream of many a New Englander. Even though he was…
Volunteer Spotlight: Phoebe Park Finds a Connection That Transcends Language Barriers
In our Volunteer Spotlight series, we catch up with cherished IINE volunteers to hear more about their passion and expe…
IINE Celebrates World Refugee Day 2023
The United Nations General Assembly established the first World Refugee Day on June 20, 2000. The international holiday…
Refugee Agencies Praise MA Legislature for Approving $12 Million in Aid for Over a Thousand Afghan Arrivals
BOSTON, MA: Mass. Refugee Resettlement Agencies, the nonprofits tasked by the federal government with welcoming and res…
Lift Kids Out of Deep Poverty Act Would Help Refugee Families in “deep poverty”
Lift Kids Out of Deep Poverty, a set of bills being introduced by Representative Marjorie Decker and Senator Sal DiDome…
Congratulations to Our Graduating Class: Healthcare & Hospitality Training Program
The International Institute of New England’s Healthcare & Hospitality Training Program (HHTP) is a nine-week course…
Welcome to America. You Are Now in Lockdown. – IINE Resettles Refugee Family
This message comes from Rahmatullah Aka, IINE’s Community Services Manager in Boston. He shared this story as part of o…
Persistence Pays Off for Hospitality Training Program Graduate
When Adolfo Gomes first arrived in the U.S., he spoke little English and worked entry-level jobs in restaurant kitchens…
Having Won a Visa Lottery, This ESOL Student Strives to Succeed
by Mariah Dennis, Volunteer and Contributing Writer Many people live in hope of winning a lottery, but Boston ESOL stud…
A “Happily Ever After” For One International Couple
It was love at first click for Andrea and Kurt, when they met online in 2014. But, there was one problem with this twen…
“Nothing is ever easy until you have done it.” Lessons from the Hospitality Training Program in Boston
Graduation Speech by Leonardo Fermin, Hospitality Training Program Hello everyone, thank you for being here today. My n…
“I Always Dreamed of Getting a Better Education”
Michou was a single mother of two and pregnant with her third child in 2010 when a powerful earthquake struck her homel…
