Volunteer Opportunities with World Relief

Individual: Support the day-to-day work of World Relief Durham caseworkers in Refugee Resettlement and Youth Services by aiding with paperwork, providing support to group classes, and other tasks. Availability of approximately 5 hours/week during normal business hours is expected. Complete the onboarding steps and email WRDVolunteer@wr.org to express your interest and get started.

Groups only: Welcome new refugees to the community by meeting them at the airport and helping them get to their new home. Team members purchase a week's worth of groceries (from a shopping list our staff provide), purchase a culturally-appropriate ready-to-heat-and-eat meal, deliver the food and essential hygiene products to the family's temporary housing, meet the family at the airport, and take them/their luggage to their new home.

Groups or Individual: Assist with moving furniture, arranging household items, and setting up a family's long-term housing.

Teams: Gather 4-6 individuals who would like to be scheduled as a group approximately once per month for an apartment set-up. Go through onboarding steps and indicate your team on the interest form.

Individuals: After going through World Relief Durham's volunteer onboarding, please complete the interest form.

Individual: Transportation Volunteers give rides to refugee program participants when they cannot access public transportation for their needs. Typical needs are M-F during normal business hours (8a-5p) with occasional weekend needs. Drivers must be 18+, fully onboarded volunteers with World Relief Durham, including clearing a motor vehicle records check. Complete the WRD onboarding process and fill out this interest form to get started.

Individual opportunity: Make a 6-month commitment to provide friendship to a newly-arrived refugee. Assist with cultural adaptation and language skills, help orient them to the community, learn about their culture, and build a mutually transformative relationship.

Groups only: Gather a group of 6-10 individuals to make a 6-month commitment to walk with a recently arrived refugee family. Assist with cultural adaptation and language skills, help orient them to the community, learn about their culture, and build a mutually transformative relationship.

Individual: Academic semester commitment, fall and/or spring. Build relationships with refugee and immigrant youth, working on ESL and academic support. Fall 2022 tutoring will be remote, over Zoom. Fill out this interest form to get started.

Household/individual: Host Home volunteers offer temporary housing to a newly-arrived refugee or refugee family on a short-term basis, between their arrival and the preparation of permanent housing. Email the Housing Coordinator to express your interest and get more information about being a Host Home volunteer.

We are not currently scheduling volunteers for the Youth Mentorship Program, but please check back for updates later in the fall.

Individual: Year-long commitment. Assist young refugees and immigrants (15-24 years old) by helping them to identify and achieve their short-term and long-term goals. Monthly commitment on a Monday evening, plus an additional mentoring activity once per month. Complete WRD volunteer onboarding and email WRDVolunteer@wr.org if you would like to be a Youth Mentor.