Who is a Refugee?
Each month, the question “What is a refugee?” is typed into search engines about 9,900 times. In answering this question, we're also trying to move the needle from “what” (the label) to “who” (the person).
Today, more people than ever in recorded history have been forced to flee for their lives to another country or community — over 40% of them children. At World Relief, we serve these displaced families in countries across the world, including in the U.S.
Due to the unexpected termination of our agreement to resettle refugees and pause on foreign assistance funds for life-saving work, we now face a critical gap in supporting millions of families both here in the U.S. and in fragile countries around the world. Lives are at risk. We urgently need your support to provide necessities — including food, shelter, medical care and more to families in crisis.
Your generosity is now critical in our ability to provide for these basic needs and life-saving services.
Make your gift monthly and sustain this vital work all year-long
For 80 years, across 100 countries we’ve been boldly engaging in the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church.
With you, in 2023, we:
Reduced suffering for almost 5 million people around the world
Recruited 46,714 volunteers to be the hands and feet of Jesus
Mobilized 4,440 churches to love their neighbor
Welcomed 11,804 immigrants to the U.S.
Born out of a heartfelt response to the displacement crisis in Europe after World War II, we’ve spent the last 80 years convening the global church to respond to the world’s greatest humanitarian crises.
Seeing what World Relief was doing, I thought — thank God something is happening. There is still goodness in the world. World Relief is changing lives.
Kristen Willerer
Donor
I don’t know what we would have done without [our caseworker]. Before we got to World Relief, it felt like no one cared.
Olga
Daughter of Ukrainian Refugee
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