{"id":4614,"date":"2017-11-27T14:46:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T14:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnc.uncg.edu\/?p=4614"},"modified":"2024-08-26T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T18:36:28","slug":"for-shukrani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnnc.uncg.edu\/for-shukrani\/","title":{"rendered":"For Shukrani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Unexpected gifts&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After living in a refugee camp for 16 years, <strong>Shukrani\u2019s family received a gift: life in the United States.\u00a0<\/strong>Shukrani\u2019s heart was full. His family was safe, and he was thankful for the opportunities Greensboro held. Now he needed a job to support his family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Community Center can help you,\u201d<\/strong> a neighbor told him. His neighbor was right.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, Ghaisha, an AmeriCorps member at the CNNC\u2019s Legacy Crossing Community Center, met Shukrani. Having never looked for a job, she coached him. He was a quick study. He developed a resume, and recognized the skills and talents he can offer his new community. Through this resume, Shukrani realized his potential. <strong>A true gift.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right now, Shukrani is using that resume, to search for a job where he can use his talents to give back.<\/p>\n<p>Every day the CNNC is in the community helping people like Shukrani work toward self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can help people like Shukrani<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This giving season we are raising $5,000 to transform the lives of our newest neighbors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cnnc.uncg.edu\/?p=4524\">#GivingTuesday<\/a> is Tuesday, November 30th. Learn more about our #GivingTuesday campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnnc.uncg.edu\/?p=4524\">My Living Story<\/a>\u00a0and read previous stories.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how to give:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/1659\/index.aspx?sid=1659&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=488&amp;cid=1280&amp;appealcode=RE-WEB&amp;SOLORG=RE&amp;SOLSOURCE=WEB&amp;dids=718.553&amp;sort=1&amp;bledit=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4510 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cnnc.uncg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/make-a-dif-doante-300x144.png\" alt=\"make-a-dif-doante\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnnc.uncg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/make-a-dif-doante-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/cnnc.uncg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/make-a-dif-doante.png 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unexpected gifts&#8230; After living in a refugee camp for 16 years, Shukrani\u2019s family received a gift: life in the United States.\u00a0Shukrani\u2019s heart was full. 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Now he needed a job to support his family. \u201cThe Community Center can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cnnc.uncg.edu\/for-shukrani\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hide_page_title":"","hide_breadcrumbs":"","hide_featured_image":"","_meta_field_banner_image":[],"_meta_field_nav_page_parent_limit":"0","_meta_field_nav_page_depth_limit":"0","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-opportunities","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>For Shukrani | The Center for New North Carolinians<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cnnc.uncg.edu\/for-shukrani\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"For Shukrani | The Center for New North Carolinians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Unexpected gifts&#8230; After living in a refugee camp for 16 years, Shukrani\u2019s family received a gift: life in the United States.\u00a0Shukrani\u2019s heart was full. 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