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Thank you for your interest in supporting the ̽����ѡ in Oakland! Community support is key to helping newly arrived refugees thrive, and we welcome your help. Keep reading to learn about the different ways YOU can support newly arrived refugees and immigrants in our community.

The ̽����ѡ's research shows that refugee women could generate up to $1.4 trillion to annual global GDP if employment and wage gaps were closed.

In 2018, the ̽����ѡ 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 ̽����ѡ 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.

A case study that analyses the potential impact of World Bank financing to support refugees and host communities in Cameroon.

“When I came here, I was on my own and I had to start from scratch.” That’s how Feven, a refugee from Ethiopia, felt when she arrived in the United States after fleeing persecution in her country. Alone in an unfamiliar place, Feven would say to herself, “Give yourself time,” a reminder that she had the power to choose how she will live her life.