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In 2018, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ assisted over 120,000 Syrian refugees and low-income Jordanians to access healthcare, protection, education and income generation opportunities. One of the recent changes that ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ staff have noticed is that Syrian women are taking on more of an income earning role than was the norm back in Syria and that this is creating changes in household dynamics.

Misty Mountain Manufacturing has long-partnered with the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Seattle's economic empowerment program, hiring many employees from refugee communities over the past 10 years. Now they're helping newcomers in a new way: donating face masks!

Support the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Denver this year on Colorado Gives Day, December 7, 2021!

Born in the ethnically diverse and politically complicated country of Myanmar, also known as Burma, Boo’s family made the brave decision to cross the border into Thailand in 1982.

The Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) unit at the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ works to ensure that those we serve have their most basic survival needs met and have the combination of assets and income to prosper.

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.

In early February, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Salt Lake City’s Spice Kitchen Incubator hosted Congressman Ben McAdams and colleague Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (FL) at a gathering focused on meeting with refugee aid community leaders and learning more about programs that help refugees and other New Americans reach self-sufficiency.

Check out what the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in San Diego has accomplished this February and celebrate the successes of our clients with us.

We accomplished some pretty amazing things in 2019 thanks to your support. We look forward to an even greater 2020!

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