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Science Camp with Blossom Hill Dear Blossom Hill Family,  Blossom Hill has partnered with Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) to provide a science summer camp for 80 Afghan refugees and immigrants right here in New Haven, CT. The camp, which is still ongoing, uses the science curriculum created by our Fellow Erika Gillette for […]

Dear Blossom Hill Family,  I just came back from a physically and emotionally draining but incredibly inspiring trip visiting our programs on the ground in Jordan. My first stop was the Azraq Education and Community Center run by Blossom Hill Fellow Lexi Shereshewsky for refugees in rural South Azraq. Over three days, I heard stories […]

Students in Blossom Hill’s entrepreneurship and leadership center in Kabul, Afghanistan are thriving! Run by Ahmad Rostami and Furogh Mirdad, the center has put the most marginalized youth on a path to a better future.

Dear Blossom Hill Family, With the passage of the American Rescue Plan, many families and businesses across the country will qualify for the emergency boost that they so desperately need, and for this, we should all be grateful. For some, however, the stimulus money is an extra bonus, nice to have but not essential. If […]

BH Fellow George Batah continues to bring hope to Syrian youth with aspirations to attend a university. His program prepares students for TOEFL and SAT exams and mentors them throughout the college application process. One of his students, Georges Macheta, describes his experience with the program as he gets ready to decide which college he […]