Hope Acts offers free English-language classes to asylum seekers [Video]

TALIA CLARKE TAKES US TO PORTLAND AND INTRODUCES US TO THIS WEEK’S COMMUNITY CHAMPION. NORBERTO BALOLAGUI MOVED TO MAINE FROM ANGOLA A YEAR AGO.. HE’S A STUDENT IN THE FREE, HOPE HOUSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN PORTLAND.. <SOT NORBERTO BALOLAGUI / ENGLISH-LANGUAGE STUDENT HOPE ACTS> 3;40;23 “ITS NOT EASY FOR US.. UNDERSTANDING.. HOPE HOUSE IS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE THE SPEAKS SLOWLY IN THE BEGINNING.” <VO – PICTURES OF GROUP TRIPS> ALTHOUGH THE CLASSES FOR ARE HELD VIRTUALLY.. VOLUNTEER TEACHERS AND ADULT STUDENTS GO ON EXERTIONS TOGETHER.. PROGRAM MANAGER.. SARAH GAUVIN.. SAYS THEY’VE GONE TO THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART, THE PORTLAND OBSERVATORY AND THE LIBRARY. <SOT SARAH GAUVIN / COMMUNITY CHAMPION> 3;30;56 “THEY’RE KIND OF ARMORED WITH ENGLISH THAT THEY CAN USE AND SPEAK WITH NATIVE SPEAKERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.. BUILDS THEIR CONFIDENCE, BUILDS THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING HERE IN SOUTHERN MAINE.” <VO> VOLUNTEER TEACHER, SUSAN GILPIN SAYS IT …