Abdul Karim Lazim, a Sudanese refugee living in Chicago, helps his five-year-old daughter Salema get ready for school on a Monday morning.
The Lazims wait for the morning ride to school on Monday.
Kehena Sraibe, a mother of Salema's fellow classmate, helps the Lazims' transition to Chicago through means such as giving them warm clothing.
Salema enjoys the playground at her school before classes begin.
Abdul enjoys his first English class after graduating from the beginning level at Refugee One.
Abdul shops for groceries at a market on Devon Street in Chicago.
Abdul Karim Lazim, a Sudanese refugee, buys phone cards on Devon Street to call back home from Chicago.
Abdul cooks chicken for his friends, a fellow refugee family from Sudan.
The Lazim family works with Refugee One volunteers at home to learn English.
Michael Gutgsell, a Refugee One volunteer, teaches seven-year-old Abdou el Moun how to count numbers in English.