World Relief Congratulates its Seattle Office on Receiving $25,000 Award from Starbucks Foundation for Groundbreaking Work with Refugees
On November 30th, World Relief’s Seattle office in Kent, Washington was one of 25 finalists awarded $25,000 from the Starbucks Foundation’s Upstander Challenge.
Read More2 Ways to Put Love In Action This #GivingTuesday
Love feeds the hungry.Love welcomes the stranger.Love knows no limits. This #GivingTuesday (November 28), put your love in action in one of two ways: 1. LOCAL — Give to change the lives of refugees and immigrants in the U.S. Help meet the needs of refugees by providing compassionate and holistic care from the moment they arrive…
Read More5 Words That Can Change a Nation
In 2008 my wife and I were in her childhood home of Kenya when violence after the country’s election broke out—resulting in the death of over 1,100 people and the displacement of thousands more. As we witnessed the devastation in the lives of our friends and the Kenyan people, we felt called to act. And…
Read More#GivingTuesday 2017
This year for #GivingTuesday, you can make a tangible difference in the lives of refugees and immigrants. How? Below, find the local World Relief office closest to you. Click the link to learn what you can do on or before November 28 to welcome refugees and immigrants from around the world. CALIFORNIAModesto SacramentoGarden Grove FLORIDAJacksonville…
Read MoreNew Executive Order Creates Virtual Wall for Vulnerable Refugees
The new executive order regarding the future of the US Refugee Admissions Program creates a virtual wall that will keep many of the most vulnerable refugees in our world from finding safety in America.
Read MoreVIDEO: Roots of the Tree — Addressing Belief Systems
Elias Kamau is the World Relief Country Director for Kenya. In the video below, he discusses the World Relief approach to sustainable change. We at World Relief often spend 2-3 years in a community before introducing technical programs, because we believe and recognize that transformation must happen from the inside-out. We know that in order…
Read MoreVIDEO: Meet Liz Dong
“Immigration is not a political issue. It is a human issue. A biblical issue,” says Liz Dong. Liz is a Chinese American, and DACA recipient. Here she explains how a small clerical error thew her life into chaos, and how as a suddenly undocumented immigrant, she experienced God’s profound love through the church as His…
Read MoreFact vs. Fiction — 10 Things You Need to Know about the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions
Reports from multiple news sources have confirmed that the Trump administration is poised to set 2018 refugee admissions levels at 45,000—the lowest in the nation’s history. Here’s what the administration has said in its report to Congress to justify these historically low numbers, at a historically high time of need, and the facts you should…
Read MoreWorld Relief Expresses Disappointment at the Reduction in US Refugee Admissions for FY18, Pledges to Continue Working with Churches to Serve Refugees
World Relief is very disappointed by reports that the President will set the maximum number of refugees who could be resettled to the United States in FY2018 at a historically low 45,000.
Read MorePeacebuilding and the Evolution of World Relief’s Village Peace Committees
DRC: The Conflict in Context “Conflict spares no one,” writes Cyprien Nkiriyumwami, World Relief Africa Director for Peacebuilding. The context in which he writes is that of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). For twenty years the DRC has experienced continuous and brutal conflict, originally a result of the tribal animosities unleashed by the…
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