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Danby CEO Jim Estill and Refugee Families

Guelph: He was responding to an inquiry about why refugee families don't seem to be arriving in Guelph as quickly as they were expected, according to Guelph Mercury. Concerns were raised by Danby CEO Jim Estill, who late last year pledged a significant sum of money to bring 50 refugee families to Guelph and has been working with local volunteers and community benefit organizations to get the job done. The speed and generosity of Guelph stepping forward was underestimated, as was the number of communities across Canada offering volunteers and foods to help with resettlement efforts, Longfield said in an email. Earlier this month, Estill said only about a dozen of those 50 families have arrived, and not knowing when more will be coming has been taxing on those who have volunteered time and resources to settle them. Sayyed said another family is expected to arrive before the end of May and three more are expected in the first week of June, but beyond that he unsure when more will be arriving. We'd like to see them coming faster, said Muhammed Sayyed, president of the Muslim Society of Guelph, which has taken a lead role in the process to bring those 50 families and settle them in the city. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.