Posts by mwylie
Christmas Displaced
Lately I have been musing on how often the Christmas story describes people being displaced from their homes. The most obvious example, and the subject of countless Christmas pageants, is the Holy Family leaving Nazareth to trek 90 miles south to Bethlehem. It couldn’t have been easy. The road was not always safe, Mary was…
Read MoreAnnouncement: WRD’s Run for Refugees 5k
Join us for World Relief Durham’s first Run for Refugees 5k on October 26, 2024 on Duke University’s East Campus. Today, there are over 120 million people around the globe who have been forced to leave their homes. Threatened by extreme persecution, violence, and oppression, they left behind everything familiar to seek a life free from fear. For some, their…
Read MoreWRD Women’s Health Event
World Relief Durham (WRD) hosted their first ever Women’s Health Event for Refugee and other Immigrant women to learn more about healthcare in the U.S. and healthy habits. “Even as a woman from the U.S., I was not taught about women’s health in detail until adulthood.” Our Health and Wellness Senior Specialist, Julleah Fink, shared…
Read MoreEmpowering Change: How Biblical Advocacy Shapes Our Response to Global Crises
For eighty years, our staff and our vast, global network of church-based volunteers have come alongside those facing crises of disease, hunger, poverty and displacement, directly meeting physical and spiritual needs.
Read MoreFour Ways We Can Improve Our Immigration System
Over the past several months, Americans have been inundated with news and imagery from the U.S.-Mexico border. As policies have shifted, historically high numbers of people have arrived, including many intending to seek asylum in the United States. People often ask me how we, as Christians, should respond to stories like these. We want to…
Read More8 Ways We’ve Been Working with Refugees Throughout Our History
Over the last 80 years, the work we’ve done together at World Relief has been defined by supporting those who have been displaced by conflict and global crises. Today, we’re looking back on our legacy of working with refugees and displaced people across the globe.
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