Contact with some of the 18 Sudanese "Lost Boys" who live in Worcester inspired us to look into the situation of refugees in Worcester more generally and read about the culture clash issue that they face. The focus of this project was to ascertain what WPI could do to help them as an institution if it decided to do so. However, dealing with the organizations trying to help refugees left us increasingly concerned about their plight. Some were just too economically unstable to be of much help; others, with the best of intentions, were so focused on immediate needs they were as likely to foster dependency as help the Sudanese become adjusted to their new Gesellschaft surroundings.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Rybka, Thomas J.
• Forostoski, Michael Francis
• Matook, George C.

Subject

• Security
• Culture
• Inclusion
• Community
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 05D047I

Keyword

• Community engagement
• Equality--Social aspects
• Refugees

Advisor

• Wilkes, John M.

Year

• 2005

Date created

• 2005-01-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright