| Hi jay, Here's an update on what's been happening around ARC the last couple weeks. If you have any questions, please do contact us. We try to keep these updates focused on the impact our community of supporters makes possible and the ways we're working to help people in need. But as the year draws to a close, I need to ask if you'll consider making a donation to help ARC start out 2015 strong. If you've already made your donations for the year, please accept my sincere thanks. If you're still thinking about it, we could really use your support. You can make a gift online at www.ARCrelief.org/donate. -Daniel Daniel Wordsworth, President *********************************************** *TIME Magazine Person of the Year - The Ebola Fighter* “They risked and persisted, sacrificed and saved” - TIME has selected the Ebola Fighters for Person of the Year 2014. We couldn’t agree more. The American Refugee Committee salutes our own Ebola Response Team and all of the aid and health workers from our colleague organizations who’ve been on the ground fighting Ebola since the very beginning of the outbreak. They put themselves in harm’s way in order to provide relief to people infected with the virus. They ran the risk of being infected themselves so that they could provide patients with world-class care and stop the epidemic in its tracks! I'm humbled by their sacrifice and heroism. *"Teach a man to fish,...* …and you feed him for a lifetime.” – so the proverb goes. Alongside the Fisheries Ministry, our staff in Somalia are training young men in Kismayo in southern Somalia to become fishermen. Participants undergo a three week course in fishing tackle and skills training. On completing the course, groups of 8 fishermen receive a simple boat and fishing equipment they can use to immediately start up a fishing business to support themselves and their families. The men participating in the program are mostly youth under the age of 30 – many of them have recently returned to Somalia from living abroad as refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp or elsewhere. Before the twenty year conflict in Somalia, the port of Kismayo had a healthy fishing industry. Our team in Somalia looks forward to training more youth to be fishermen and helping revive the industry, as a whole. Here’s a recent article recognizing the program: http://horseedmedia.net/2014/12/10/somalia-refugees-turn-to-fishing-in-kismayo/ *You Make The World Better* This month we’re highlighting all the amazing people in the ARC community through a campaign called You Make The World Better. Would you consider nominating someone you know who makes the world a better place? It doesn’t matter what they’re doing or where – just that they’re out in the world doing good work! You can submit a nomination using this link: http://umaketheworldbetter.wordpress.com/nominate-someone-2/ Here’s an example of an inspiring submission from Arafa Sheikmusa, an ARC staff member in Sudan, who nominated her primary school teacher, Thoraya Norri: https://www.facebook.com/ARCrelief/photos/a.100037827461.95028.18213037461/10152580790282462/?type=1 *Giving* At the request of readers, I always include these links so they’re easy to find when you need them. Thanks so much. Become a Monthly Donor : http://www.ARCrelief.org/givemonthly - Donate Online: http://www.ARCrelief.org/donate Give Us a Call: (800) 875-7060
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