PBS Video: What is “Living Ubuntu”?

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David Nazar from PBS recently did a feature story on Living Ubuntu regarding our work to create a Trauma Recovery Program for Refugees & Immigrants in Southern California.

75% of the displaced children from Darfur living in refugee camps met the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. A 2007 study of Sudanese refugees in Uganda found that

• 36% met the criteria for PTSD, and
• 50% met symptom criteria for depression

Over 4000 Sudanese refugees currently live in San Diego.  And many more from Congo, Uganda, Somalia, and other countries.
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What is the rate of PTSD among refugees in San Diego?
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See the original story at SoCaL Insider with Rick Reiff.