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Everything is New: One Refugee Family’s Adjustment after Eight Months in Chicago

By chicagoland | March 26, 2024

Originally from Syria, Yaser, Mervat, and their three kids came to Chicago eight months ago after fleeing their country and spending years as refugees in Jordan. With your support, our team walked with the family through their initial adjustment in the areas of housing, employment, education for their kids, and more. Much remains in their…

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Welcome begins with you.

By mlummus | May 28, 2021

“For I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” — Matthew 25 Welcome begins with you. Join us. Original Music — The Brilliance Music

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Rebuilding Dreams

By mlummus | May 28, 2021

Meet Medina! She’s 17, has learned four languages, and her dream is to be an English teacher. Her family is from the Afar people group of East Africa, and they were forcibly displaced from Eritrea to Ethiopia when Medina was a little girl. When she arrived in the U.S. in 2018, it was the second time she started learning a…

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H.O.M.E. Program

By mlummus | May 27, 2021

Through the H.O.M.E. Program, we at World  Relief are partnering together with you – the church and community – to come along side asylum seekers by providing housing and community support. The program’s priorities are in the name: Housing, Opportunity,…

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HERE TO WELCOME SERIES Part 2 – Rebuild of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program.

By mlummus | May 18, 2021

On May 18th, World Relief Chicagoland continued a two-part series, “Here to Welcome”! You can watch the replay above about the rebuild of the U.S. refugee resettlement program. After bearing the cost of being forced to leave their homes, refugees…

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