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Colorado s Ethiopian communities split on political conflict
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Colorado s Ethiopian communities split on political conflict
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By SAJA HINDI | The Denver Post | Published: December 29, 2020 DENVER (Tribune News Service) Denver area resident Mohammed Warid is monitoring the political conflict in Ethiopia at least, as much as he can with a communication blackout in parts of the country. The chairman of the Oromo Community of Colorado is worried about his family, and for him, that includes all those living in the Oromia region in Ethiopia. He s at least been able to speak to loved ones, unlike those struggling to reach their families and get news about the northern Tigray region. Under the latest political regime, people are suffering; they re living in fear; they re being imprisoned for their ideologies; they re being tortured and killed, he said.
Getting food to the people who need it most during the pandemic has been a primary concern for many nonprofit organizations but what if the food being donated doesn t suit the needs of the people on the receiving end? That s the dilemma the Rocky Mountain Welcome Center was facing last spring and summer as the nonprofit s primary mission of helping immigrants and refugees integrate into new communities in metro Denver shifted to helping them simply survive the economic hardships created by the pandemic.
Jennifer Gueddiche, chief operating officer for the Welcome Center, says it wasn t enough to count on food banks and pantry donations to get food for the organization s clients, since many of them come from cultures where American staples are either unfamiliar or unsuitable for their religious and cultural requirements. Orthodox Christians and Muslims from Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea form a large part of the Welcome Center s clientele, so ensuring that halal meats, vege