{"id":2280,"date":"2018-03-01T09:05:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T17:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2023-06-08T08:19:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T08:19:22","slug":"refugees-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/refugees-new-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico Creates Wilderness Program to Help Refugee Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2280\" class=\"elementor elementor-2280\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b42008b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b42008b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63e8411f\" data-id=\"63e8411f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a1e778a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a1e778a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tThey\u2019re part of the Refugee Wilderness Explorers Program, born from a team effort between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmwild.org\/\">New Mexico Wilderness Alliance<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccasfnm.org\/center-for-refugee-support.html\">Catholic Charities Refugee Mentoring Program<\/a>.\n\n\u201cThe summer camps and afterschool programs we offer, while very helpful for the children, are meant to supplement the help that the children will get from their mentors, once they are matched,\u201d Danielle Hernandez, the mentoring program coordinator, <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/332967\/into-the-wilderness-summer-camp-connects-refugee-children-with-nms-wild-places\/\">tells<\/a> Laura Paskus of the NM Political report.\n\nThe children \u2013 many of whom don&#8217;t speak English \u2013 often arrive shy. Through the program, mentors have noticed a big shift in both curiosity about their natural surroundings and with each other.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_2282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2282\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2282 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/refugees-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Children in the program visit Sandia Mountain Wilderness.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children in the program visit Sandia Mountain Wilderness. Photo: Laura Paskus \/ New Mexico Political Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMost of these kids are refugees, brand new to New Mexico. Adjusting to a big move is hard for any kid, especially if you don\u2019t speak the language and the new home halfway across the planet. This program helps refugees and immigrants find a sense of place and community in their new landscape. Getting to interact with this new environment \u2013 bugs, plants, people \u2013&nbsp;is thrilling for them. They learn, explore, and get to just be, well, kids.\n\n<em>If you&#8217;re itching to make a tangible positive impact on mitigating the refugee crisis, read our piece outlining <a href=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/help-refugee-four-ways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4 ways you can help a refugee<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em>\n\n<em>Feature photo:&nbsp;Laura Paskus \/ NM Political Report<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re part of the Refugee Wilderness Explorers Program, born from a team effort between New Mexico Wilderness Alliance and the Catholic Charities Refugee Mentoring Program. \u201cThe summer camps and afterschool programs we offer, while very helpful for the children, are meant to supplement the help that the children will get from their mentors, once they are matched,\u201d Danielle Hernandez, the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,10],"tags":[82,173,1043,175,1044,121],"class_list":["post-2280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-resilience","category-borderless","category-sonder","tag-immigrants","tag-immigration","tag-new-mexico","tag-no-bans-no-walls","tag-refugee-wilderness-explorers-program","tag-refugees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Mexico Creates Wilderness Program to Help Refugee Children<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There\u2019s a group of kids in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who speak English, Arabic, Urdu, Spanish, and French. 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