Helping hands reach out to refugee

This refugee family is trying to settle in San Diego and a group of volunteers is helping them with everything they need to learn to live here. - - Donna Poisl

Rotary Club, others give immigrant family assistance adjusting to America

By Anne Krueger, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

SAN DIEGO — Agnes Saah and her three children have been struggling to get ahead since they arrived in San Diego seven months ago from a refugee camp in the African country of Sierra Leone.

The four of them share a one-bedroom apartment in City Heights. Saah’s earnings as a hotel maid aren’t enough to pay for rent and food, and her 18-year-old son, Robert, hasn’t been able to find work. They’re trying to learn the language and culture of a country 7,000 miles from their native Liberia.

The members of the La Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club and others are helping the Saah family adjust to their new home.
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