Get to Know Our Staff: Haiti
In 2021, we’re giving you the inside scoop on the work World Relief is doing in communities around the world through a new series called, Get to Know Our Staff. Today, we’re excited to introduce you to Esther Pyram, World Relief Haiti’s Integral Mission and Church Empowerment Zone Manager. Esther is a writer, a wife,…
Read MoreComing full circle: how sewing tied one volunteer back to her family roots
In 1949, a young Yugoslavian man left war-torn Europe with all that he had in the search of a better life. Rather than packing multiple suitcases like we would today, however, he had to build his own out of nails and wood. A Nazi prison camp survivor, he had spent the past five years of his life in a displaced persons…
Read MoreQ&A with local artist with Whitney Winkler
The Lord has continued to bless us this year, and we are so excited to announce that one way in which He has done so is through a donation from local artist, Whitney Winkler! We sat down with her to talk about what the process was like as she made the piece, what inspired it…
Read MoreHow one volunteer goes above and beyond for his fellow immigrants
One volunteer, Arrey, makes sure to give back to his fellow immigrants in any way we can.
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Café English
When Ed Thompson took a business trip to France nearly five years ago, he didn’t think it would have such a profound impact on his life today. But this one experience of speaking a foreign language in a country that is not your own is in fact what spurred him on to become a volunteer at the Connect…
Read MoreThe Secret Behind Her Smile
Never Again April 7th marks the beginning of 100 days of commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. This is a special time to remember more than a million people that were murdered because of the way they were created. It is a time to grieve but also to unite and rebuild…
Read MoreHope Because
How do you cope with change? World Relief’s Kim Hurst looks to nature for a reminder we can always have hope because God is faithful.
Read MoreSharing Culture and Experiences Through Volunteering
Susan Llewellyn said one of the first things she learned while volunteering for World Relief was about rice. She started at World Relief shopping as a volunteer and got to know immigrant and refugee families where rice is a staple. Through that experience, she’s learned many different recipes and uses for rice, as well as…
Read MoreOvercoming Food Insecurity
Quad City native Shirley Johnson enjoys going on hikes and bike rides outside, even stopping along her way to pick up litter and trash she sees scattered around the ground. While she contributes to the community in small ways like that, she also gives back as an active volunteer at World Relief Quad Cities. Shirley…
Read MoreThe Path to Citizenship
Volunteer Autumn Gross does a little bit of everything. Throughout her seven and a half years at World Relief Quad Cities, Autumn has done grocery shopping, transporting clients to appointments, teaching English, helping in the office, setting up appointments and translating, as she’s fluent in Spanish. Right now, she helps coordinate their monthly food pantry.…
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