Syrian Refugees

National News

Google’s Plan to Help Refugees Stay Connected

ABC News

(ABC News) — Google is helping refugees return to their studies with a new $5.3 million grant that will be used to distribute Chromebooks to non-profits in Germany, the company has announced. The search engine giant is teaming up with the nonprofit group NetHope on the initiative, Project Reconnect, which will distribute the computers to nonprofits working with refugees, according to…
Local News

Syrian Refugee Families in SC

ABC Columbia Site Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two refugees from Syria have relocated to South Carolina and, despite the wishes of Gov. Nikki Haley, another Syrian family is coming. A Social Services Department spokeswoman tells local media that two Syrians were relocated to the Midlands this month though Lutheran Services Carolinas, a private resettlement agency. That agency tells DSS another family from Syria…