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Maryolga’s Journey: Seeking Stability in a New Land

February 25, 2025 | Comments Off on Maryolga’s Journey: Seeking Stability in a New Land

In late December, Maryolga arrived in Chicagoland through the refugee program, seeking safety and a fresh start. She traveled with her 15-year-old daughter and elderly mother, reuniting with her 19-year-old son, who was already in the U.S.  Their journey reflects a broader exodus; since 2014, over 7.7 million Venezuelans have fled their homeland due to…

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3 Trends We’re Seeing in Global Development in 2024

February 6, 2024

Here are three trends we’re seeing in global development and how they’re influencing the work we do today.

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Creating Change: Our Theory of Change

February 2, 2024

Creating change isn’t easy. It isn’t fast. It doesn’t happen overnight. Change shows up day after day, month after month,…

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2023 Annual Report

February 1, 2024

We are proud to share and celebrate all that was achieved in 2023 as we walked alongside new neighbors.

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A new lenten devotional from World Relief celebrates 80 years.

A New Lenten Devotional Celebrates 80 Years of World Relief

February 1, 2024

In the aftermath of World War II, a community of ordinary believers in Boston, Massachusetts, felt moved to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of displaced peoples in war-torn Europe.

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Two Things to Know about Asylum Law

February 1, 2024

Given the several thousand extra asylum seekers who have arrived in our communities this year, many volunteers, church partners, and…

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Mark Michaelis reminisces about Africa.

Holy Discomfort: Justice, Kindness & Humility

January 26, 2024

God is not particularly concerned with my comfort. God does say that we are to comfort others with the comfort we have been given (2 Corinthians 1:4), but this type of comfort is not the absence of pain; it’s the opposite.

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