2025 Policy Watch List: Key Changes Affecting Immigration & Humanitarian Aid
A series of executive order issued by our new administration sent shock waves throughout communities in the U.S. and abroad. Learn more about their impact.
Read MoreThis World Relief case manager kept a diary for a week: here’s what he wrote.
Curious about the daily work of World Relief Spokane’s Resettlement Team? Here’s a unique opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at a typical week through the frontlines experience of a resettlement case manager.
Read MoreGihogazi’s Answered Prayer
Decades of hope, patience and faith led to a fervent prayer answered in fall 2024 for a close-knit Congolese family that recently found safety and a welcoming community in Kaukauna.
Read MoreGihogazi’s Answered Prayer
Decades of hope, patience and faith led to a fervent prayer answered in fall 2024 for a close-knit Congolese family that recently found safety and a welcoming community in Kaukauna.
Read MoreNew Lifeway Research Study Finds Strong Evangelical Support for Refugee Resettlement, Legal Immigration, Border Security & a Path to Citizenship for the Undocumented, Scant Support for Deportation beyond Violent Criminals
With immigration dominating headlines, a new study from Lifeway Research suggests that evangelical Christians hold nuanced views on immigration issues that many will find surprising.
Read MoreCan the Church Change the World for Good?
In late January, 2025, government policy changes were rolled out at breakneck speed, shocking the humanitarian and development community and impacting millions experiencing vulnerability around the world. At World Relief, we experienced this first-hand. Promised funding for nearly 4,000 newly-arrived refugees in the U.S. under our care was stopped, abruptly and unexpectedly. Beyond the U.S.,…
Read MoreFleeing the Taliban: former Afghan journalist shares his journey two years after fleeing his home country
In 2016, moments after speaking on a TV interview about the dangers of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Zia Danesh’s car was bombed on his way home.
Read MoreA letter to our World Relief Triad partners
Dear friends and partners, Thank you for the ways you are rallying around us during this challenging time. Keep it up! The reality is we still need your help and generous giving urgently, so keep giving and keep spreading the word so that we can care for our newcomer neighbors well and fulfill our moral…
Read MoreUncertainty looms for Spokane nonprofit amid Trump Administration’s refugee policies
SPOKANE, Wash. — A local organization that works to support immigrants and refugees in Spokane is wondering about its future in the face of Trump’s recent executive orders.
Read MoreWorld Relief Spokane loses federal funding, must halt resettlement efforts following federal policy changes
The organization says it will no longer receive federal funding and at least 400 people who were scheduled to resettle in Spokane can no longer enter the U.S.
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