• VOLAG, sometimes spelled Volag or VolAg, is an abbreviation for "Voluntary Agency". This term refers to any of the nine U.S. private agencies and one...
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  • away. The Doctor muses that Baltazar will end up on the ice prison planet Volag-Noc at some point. Caw takes the Doctor and Martha to his home planet Pheros...
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    crisis in Congo. Women's Refugee Commission Lost Boys of Sudan Varian Fry VOLAG International Rescue Committee. "What We Do". International Rescue Committee...
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  • in Minnesota due to the actions of voluntary agencies (VOLAGS). Minnesota had many active VOLAGS who helped Hmong people when they arrived. The University...
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    cŏkkanātha devarigĕ saluvaṃthā dina kaṭṭalĕyalu karaḍiyahal̤iy̤ a catussīmĕ vŏl̤ag̤ āda grāmagal̤ig̤ ĕ saluva grāma1 4 ಱ ಮಗ್ಗದೆಱೆ ಮದು ಭಡಗಿ ಕಂಮಾಱ ಆಸಗ ನಾವಿಂದ...
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    saṃmukada nirūpadiṃda sakanasamudra 10 ದ ವೊಳಗಣ ಊರಮುಂದಣ ಸೋಮಯದೇವರ ನಯಿವೇದ್ಯ ಅಂ da vŏl̤ag̤ aṇa ūramuṃdaṇa somayadevara nayivedya aṃ 11 ಗರಂಗಬೋಗಕ್ಕೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಂಮಹಾಪ್ರಧಾನ...
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    pro-American governments in their home countries collapsed. Many came through VOLAGS contracted with the State Department, who helped them settle in. As of the...
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    for resettlement, they were assigned to one of nine voluntary agencies (VOLAGs) to help them find financial and personal support from sponsors in the U...
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    North America. Many of the newer arrivals came through voluntary agencies (VOLAGS) contracted with the State Department, who helped them settle in. By 2006...
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  • status), and has operated under contract with, and under the aegis of, the VOLAG EMM in Boise since its establishment in October 1996. ANA provides direct...
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  • affiliate refugee and immigration offices located in seventeen states. VOLAG "Responding to emergencies". Archived from the original on August 4, 2010...
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  • Many of the newer arrivals moved to Minnesota through voluntary agencies (VOLAGS), who helped them settle in. Somalis who had arrived earlier also assisted...
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  • program formally acknowledges and coordinates with 11 "Voluntary Agencies" (VOLAGS), which are non-governmental organizations that assist the government in...
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    granted asylum. The Office of Refugee Resettlement provides funding to volags that are then responsible to aid asylees in becoming economically independent...
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  • programming. Before World War II, nonprofit voluntary agencies called "Volags" were generally responsible for aiding immigrants and refugees. In 1946...
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  • which issues them valid refugee visas. It is affiliated with a national VOLAGs, Church World Service (CWS), which is assigned by the US Government's Office...
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  • at BNET". Findarticles.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011. [dead link] "2006 VOLAG – Report of Voluntary Agencies" (PDF). Retrieved 19 October 2011. [1][dead...
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  • Refugees have little agency over what services they can access, and even volags [local programs] have minimal room to account for refugees' individual profiles...
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  • NghiaSinh began a new life in Chicago as a sponsor and reception agency (VOLAG) for Vietnamese and other Indochinese refugees. From 1975 to 1987, NghiaSinh...
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  • 2008. http://pvo.usaid.gov/usaid/pvo.asp?i=4043&INCVOLAG=YES&INCSUM=YES&VolagText=. “Doc to Dock,” in United2Heal.org, December 29, 2009. http://united2heal...
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