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The executive director of the Manhattan Area Resettlement Team is resigning amid federal funding freezes affecting refugee assistance. Ana Mendonca said her last day as leader of the nonprofit organization will be Feb. 7. Virginia Rodriguez, the agency’s program manager, will serve as interim executive director until the position can be filled permanently. Mendonca said she will continue to volunteer her time helping refugees resettle.

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Folksy vocals and acoustic guitar-plucking provided the soundtrack to a fundraiser benefiting the Manhattan Afghan Resettlement Team. Seven Dolors Catholic Parish hosted the sixth annual Arts on the Green event Sunday featuring local artists, musicians, jewelry makers and chefs. Food, music, bouncy houses and horse carriage rides were the main attractions, and cuisine options ranged from Afghan to Mexican to European bierocks.

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In the summer of 2021, as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, a group led by two Army veterans, worked tirelessly to bring their Afghan colleagues and families to Manhattan, Kansas. Aaron Estabrook and Fatima Jaghoori led the effort that became the Manhattan Area Resettlement Team. From a rag-tag group of volunteers who scrambled to help our Afghan allies get settled in Manhattan to an organized nonprofit that has settled more than 200 Afghans, MART now works to resettle refugees from all over the world in the Little Apple. The group helps with everything from housing to finding jobs to getting drivers’ licenses to lining up health care.

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Learning more about Afghan culture was Randy Frank’s goal Friday evening. The commander of the Kansas American Legion was in Little Apple for the Manhattan Area Resettlement Team’s (MART) fundraising dinner. Pearce-Keller Post 17 in Manhattan hosted the dinner as part of its effort to recognize and appreciate Afghans who have relocated to the Flint Hills following the Taliban takeover of their country in 2021.

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