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Mahasen’s Story: A Refugee Perspective

By chicagoland | February 11, 2025

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… The government left a critical funding gap on January 25th when it ended its commitment to provide essential needs and services for Mahasen and her kids during their first 90 days in the US. She is a Syrian single mother of five. She arrived as a refugee days before…

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Recent Blogs

Why We Welcome: The Hope We Have

By chicagoland | December 5, 2023

Piece written by Joseph Mosse, Ukrainian Support Case Specialist Procrastination is a dangerous thing. All the way back in August, I was asked if I could write a piece for a newsletter coming out in December about hope. The specific…

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Why We Welcome: The Prayers We Pray

By chicagoland | November 27, 2023

Written by Isoken Aiwerioba, Director of Operations for World Relief Chicagoland Suffer not the little children – a former colleague once told me how he had spent over 19 years in a refugee camp from when he was very young.…

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Why We Welcome: The Gift of Giving

By chicagoland | November 20, 2023

By Cory Whitehead Ten years ago, I intentionally moved into a neighborhood where I was – and am – the “other.” Very few people look like me or have a white-collar career like me. Yet, I feel at home here.…

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Life-on-Life: Why Being a Friendship Partner Matters

By sclark | November 6, 2023

Please meet Rick Hayden, who volunteers with World Relief Chicagoland as a Friendship Partner. Friendship Partners make a 6-month commitment to provide practical and relational assistance to newly arrived immigrants or refugees. The volunteer visits approximately once a week to…

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