The New York City nonprofit New Neighbors Partnership is helping local and refugee families build relationships through hand-me-downs.
While attending grad school in New York City, Shoshana Akabas tutored a recently arrived Afghan refugee in English. The woman was pregnant and had a very small support system in the U.S., so Akabas asked a friend of hers who had recently given birth whether she had baby clothes to pass along. Akabas’ friend had an overflow of onesies—many of them unworn, because babies grow so fast—that she was happy to give away.
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