Kennewick Family Learning Center reaches out to refugees

Volunteers and a small grant have helped this center assist refugees from Asia and Africa learn to live in this country. - - Donna Poisl

BY JOHN TRUMBO, HERALD STAFF WRITER

The small unit at Central Park Apartments in Kennewick has no couch, no bed, no easy chairs or TV. And for good reason.

Four computers sit on a long table in what otherwise would be the only bedroom. And a makeshift classroom, including alphabet and color charts, occupies the front room at the Family Learning Center in unit B-1.

This is where refugees from Burma and other countries in Southeast Asia and Africa who live at Central Park meet each week with volunteer teachers to practice English. They also get help developing computer skills and homework tutoring for their children.
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