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Read MoreVenezuelan immigrant educates newcomers to help them adjust
Since June 2022, Morella Pérez Suels has been education services manager at World Relief Spokane, a resettlement agency that serves immigrants and refugees from many communities, countries and cultures.
Read More5 Humanitarian Crises We Can’t Ignore
Over 120 million people have been forced to flee their homes — almost half of them children. Read more about the current humanitarian crisis.
Read MoreEducation Matters: Lessons Learned from a Volunteer Tutor
Meet Clare Spaulding! Originally from a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, she’s lived in Chicagoland for nearly eight years. Clare works at Communities In Schools of Chicago, an education non-profit that partners with 238 Chicago Public Schools to provide no-cost programming. She resides in Lincoln Park with her husband of 2.5 years, both active members of…
Read MoreThe Drivers of Mass Displacement: Ukraine and Beyond
Nyakaar abandoned her home in South Sudan when armed conflict threatened her village. She found safety in the Bentiu Protection of Civilians camp, a U.N.-run camp for internally displaced South Sudanese people where World Relief operates health and nutrition programs. Shortly after arriving, Nyakaar gave birth to her son, Bone. By mid 2024, the U.N.…
Read MoreThe Road to Resilience: Part 3
How Immigrants Adapt with Support from our Counseling Center: The Invisible Load Written by Sonnie Mwangi, Mental Health Counselor & Christine Cummings, Director of Counseling Center Counselors understand that refugees and other immigrants carry more than the physical weight of their luggage when they arrive. There is an invisible load they carry of all that…
Read MoreJulie and Amani’s Host Home Story
Volunteer Julie is welcoming refugees through World Relief’s Host Home program and helping families like Amani’s get back on their feet.
Read MoreThe Road to Resilience: Part 2
How Immigrants Adapt with Support from our Counseling Center: Identity and Status Change Written by Sonnie Mwangi, Mental Health Counselor & Christine Cummings, Director of Counseling Center As we continue the series on how immigrants adapt to life in the U.S., we’d love to explore identity and status change. In addition to the basic environmental…
Read MoreThe Road to Resilience: Part 1
How Immigrants Adapt with Support from our Counseling Center: Environmental Change Written by Sonnie Mwangi, Mental Health Counselor & Christine Cummings, Director of Counseling Center Change is a challenge to everyone. Think about the most natural thing as a birthday. Each year, as we age, our bodies change, growing when you are younger and bringing…
Read MoreIntensive Case Management: Tough Questions Series
ICM case managers work with clients to find stability in their new community and to empower them to navigate the services and resources we all rely upon. What this looks like for someone who is very new or for whom the systems and challenges are very great.
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