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Five years after the defeat of the ISIS group, millions of Iraqis lack livelihood opportunities, proper shelter, or access to basic services. Women like Sarah have demonstrated great courage in the face of conflict and displacement to provide for their families.

Jonessa White, maternal & child health specialist, quickly responded to families raising concerns about food insecurity. Through a food access assessment, Jonessa’s team quickly identified and addressed language-accessibility barriers to educational resources.

In addition to health concerns during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many families faced dual concerns about dwindling food supplies. For those who came to the Bay Area as refugees and asylees, it was an unwarranted second wave of crisis to handle after the saga of arriving in the U.S.

Our friends and partners at Free Bikes 4 Kidz Atlanta recently provided 125 bikes and helmets for the children and young people that we have welcomed to a new home in Georgia—along with their families—in 2022!

Atlanta came together on May 3rd to celebrate resilience, recommit to welcome, and raise over $128,000 to uplift newly arrived Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (RIM) families in our communities.

Cultivating welcome and integration is a collective effort. Together, we are turning hope into action in our communities. Join us in getting to know how dynamic supporters in Hutchinson, Kansas have partnered with the ̽����ѡ in Wichita transforming lives through family sponsorship.

Sarah, a casework intern, has been working at the ̽����ѡ since the beginning of the school year! She has worked on planning bus orientations for newly arrived families, and bringing about robust processes to serve newly arrived refugees well.

“Becoming an American, to me, is the greatest thing I have ever achieved in my life,” says Timothy Cham, who fled violence in what is now South Sudan. After years in limbo, his family have settled in Baltimore, Maryland.