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We continue to look for In-kind donations to add items to newly resettled refugees homes.

This report underlines the importance of a coordinated and collaborative approach to emergency response in urban areas. The recommendations, addressed primarily to humanitarian actors, reflect lessons learned from the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) initial emergency response programming on the island of Lesbos, Greece, between September 2015 and March 2016.

Oleksii and Roman work with ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) partner Migam to help Deaf Ukrainian refugees in Poland by using video calls to provide sign language interpretation.

Join us as we celebrate World Refugee Day today! For every refugee, from every walk of life, we thank you today for making our North Texas community a better place through your stories and journeys. Read this impactful story about our own, Eh Kaw Thaw, and her journey as a refugee in America.

When refugees are resettled in Wichita, they are given a very short amount of time before they must get a job and become self-sufficient. In doing so, one of their biggest challenges is finding reliable transportation to get them to work on time.

On April 6th, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, in partnership with Play-well TEKnologies and Peer to Peer, brought 155 students and family members to the University of Maryland for a morning of LEGO-inspired learning. This was the second time that ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Silver Spring has had the opportunity to team-up with Play-Well TEKnologies to host a community building event for recently resettled families. “The Play-Well team uses the universal language of fun! Participants ranged from babies to grandparents, all excited to explore a new place and imagine a future at UMD.

Meet the four AmeriCorps members currently serving in the Dallas office.

Meet Sharefa Daw, Resettlement Caseworker at the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Dallas.

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1, 2020 and will conclude on November 30, 2020. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this year’s hurricane season is expected to be active and NOAA predicts a 60% chance of an above-normal season. This year’s active hurricane season has the potential to generate between three to six major hurricanes.

The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Florida has provided emergency housing assistance to 16 families across Florida, which equates to 160 individuals. The Florida Crisis Prevention fund addresses emergency housing needs by providing payments towards rent and utilities.