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Beyond the Camp: A Refugee Family’s Journey from Burma to the Chicago Suburbs

By chicagoland | June 26, 2025

At their modest townhouse in the Chicago suburbs, Too Too and her husband Poe Wah look through pictures from over 25 years ago. These are not the kind of images that fill what many think of as a typical family album.  One picture stands out. It shows two men sweeping an outdoor concrete patio. A…

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“Thank You” from the Early Childhood Program

By mlummus | June 1, 2021

Just like us at World Relief, we know you care about refugee and immigrant children and families. You’ve proved that this year. You showed up when there was a need. Through your donations, you served nearly 100 refugee and immigrant…

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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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