(RNS1-NOV6) Sugar Moon, 22, left, whose father is Thai and mother Burmese, works part-time at Lutheran Social Services in West Springfield, Mass. She is talking here with recent immigrants San Naing Chaw, 35, middle, and Lae Way, 46. For use with RNS-BURMESE-REFUGEES, transmitted Nov. 6, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Michael S. Gordon/The Republican. | Download/Purchase this photo
(RNS2-NOV6) Sugar Moon, 22, whose father is Thai and mother is Burmese, helps refugees get acclimated to life in the U.S. while working at the Lutheran Social Services in West Springfield, Mass. For use with RNS-BURMESE-REFUGEES, transmitted Nov. 6, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Michael S. Gordon/The Republican. | Download/Purchase this photo
November 6, 2009
NEWS FEATURE
Refugees find a home in Mass.
By Elizabeth Roman
RNS-BURMESE-REFUGEES
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (RNS) Over the past year-and-a-half, more than 100 Burmese refugees have been placed in Western Massachusetts with the help of Jewish Family Services of Springfield and Lutheran Social Services in West Springfield. Both organizations help hundreds of refugees from around the globe resettle here each year. By Elizabeth Roman. With photos. About 750 words.