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From Strangers to Family: How Volunteers Help Ukrainian Newcomers Find Belonging the U.S.

May 15, 2026 | Comments Off on From Strangers to Family: How Volunteers Help Ukrainian Newcomers Find Belonging the U.S.
Volunteers and Ukrainian Parolees become friends

When volunteers Jackie and Royce said “yes” to helping their Ukrainian neighbors, they sparked a beautiful friendship. Read their story.

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Friendly Soil

November 20, 2019

243 years ago, a vision for America was penned in our founding documents, couched in the truth that all are created equal and deserving of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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A Movement of Change

November 13, 2019

The overwhelming needs of our world can push us toward quick fixes that leave underlying problems unsolved. At World Relief,…

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Presidential Determination

November 4, 2019

Late Friday night, President Trump signed the annual presidential determination of the maximum number of refugees who could be resettled to the United States in the upcoming fiscal year. The number, 18,000, is historically low.

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I Survived the Vietnam War to Become a Proud American

October 25, 2019

I was born in southern Vietnam in 1953. I grew up just like any other boy in my country and had a happy childhood.

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Take a Number

October 18, 2019

People around the world are fleeing violence, oppression and poverty. I visited Tijuana in early October to get a firsthand look at what asylum seekers experience when they reach our border.

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Neema’s Plight

October 11, 2019

In an area known as Mile 46 in the Kajiado District of Kenya, the Elangata Wuas Primary School sits beside a grove of trees. On a seemingly ordinary Friday in July, the whole school — boys and girls, teachers and the headmaster — leave their lessons and gather to welcome visitors outside in the schoolyard.

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