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 Former ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ interns talk about how their experience working for the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ shaped their career. 

Students from Baylor University and Texas A&M University visit the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Dallas to learn more about how they can support resettled refugees.

The Al-Mustafa Foundation's Girl Scout Troop learns budgeting basics while leading an effort to provide Eid gifts for refugee families served by the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Salt Lake City. Since 2008, their partnership has shown an outpouring of generosity.

The education team at the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) in Salt Lake City supports refugees and new Americans through early education, college and career readiness, and adult education!

As you gather together with family and friends to celebrate this holiday season, take the opportunity to share important facts about resettlement and asylum.

By organizing a Do It Yourself (DIY) Fundraiser, you are helping spread awareness about refugees living in Utah while providing critical funding that will support our newest neighbors as they work hard to build a new life in our community.

Sarah, a casework intern, has been working at the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ 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.

When Mukabera Uwamaria was 15 years old, she fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After five months on the run, she arrived at a refugee camp in Rwanda, where she lived for the next 20 years. There, she met her husband, Eugene, and had four children. The oldest of whom is Elysee Ishimwe. Today, the family has a home in Dallas, Texas. Elysee, now an 11 year old attending Sam Tasby Middle School, was recently the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from his elementary school. He will be awarded the money upon high school education to go towards continuing education.

Learn more about our Salamati Rohi program that aims to build resiliency among forcibly displaced Afghans here in Colorado from MHPSS Program Coordinator, Cherisse Davis and Mental Health Specialist, Masooma Sadeqi.

The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) in Phoenix received an increased number of Afghan refugees beginning in August of 2021, after the Taliban regained control of the region. In response to that, we were one of eight RAI (Resettlement, Asylum & Integration) offices who were granted funding to launch a new wellness program, Salamati Rohi, to support our Afghan clients.