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Northwest Arkansas Ready to Welcome 49 Afghan Refugees

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams,
Daniel Caruth
Published September 21, 2021 at 12:21 PM CDT
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Community volunteers have donated hundreds of welcome kits for incoming refugees to Canopy of Northwest Arkansas.
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Canopy of Northwest Arkansas, a local resettlement agency, is preparing to intake 49 Afghan refugees as soon as mid-October. Governor Asa Hutchinson announced last week that the state would receive nearly 100 evacuees from Afghanistan, the other half will be resettled in central Arkansas by Catholic Charities.  

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Kyle Kellams
Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.
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Daniel Caruth
Daniel Caruth is KUAF's Morning Edition host and reporter for Ozarks at Large.
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