The Bishop was enthusiastic and supportive. Catholic Charities asks each parish to help their family for six months. The parish duties and responsibilities are carefully outlined and help and support is always there from Catholic Charities. Parishioners find and pay the deposit on housing, arrange appointments, make sure a translator is available and even offer very specific lists of household items. Every step is documented and laid out.
Help is always no more than a phone call away.
The vast majority either stay in the camps endlessly, or straggle back to what is left of their homes. Catholic Charities hires some of their employees from groups of people who resettle here. They do this for several reasons. The settlers who have been here a while are very aware of problems that will face newcomers because they have recently faced them. They are also sensitive to fears newcomers feel toward the unknown.