Sudanese refugee Fatima Shaa Aldin spent most of this spring waiting and worrying about when her family could get the COVID-19 vaccine.

And while the stress of isolation has been common for many during the pandemic, she faced a language barrier on top of that. Shaa Aldin has been learning English since she arrived in Halifax 18 months ago, but she still relies on information written and spoken in Arabic.

"I was very worried and frightened, like, what is going to happen?" she told CBC News through an interpreter.

Shaa Aldin lives with her mother, who has health issues, as well as her daughter and sister. She said in early June, she got a call from a settlement worker at the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS), offering to help them get vaccinated.
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