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Refugee families that have fled war and persecution are now living in fear in the U.S. — fear of separation, homelessness, hunger, and of being sent back to the very situations they fled. Hundreds of thousands of welcomed refugees, including over 17,000 served by World Relief, were told they now have to undergo a re-interview.
Due process is glaringly missing. Instead, refugees are being deceived, detained and held in captivity for a re-interview. The need to speak up and help is urgent.
Together with you, World Relief is boldly responding, inspired by the audacious belief that human flourishing is possible — even in the midst of crisis.
Will you join us in coming alongside refugees in our community in their greatest hour of need?
Act now to help refugee families in the US stay, and to stay together.
Donate to provide emergency rental assistance, food support, flexible cash assistance and psychological care.
Food Insecurity
Many families are afraid to leave their homes and need food provided for them in this crisis time.
$50/mo over a year can ensure a refugee family does not go hungry.
Immigration Status Uncertainty Amidst Increased Enforcement
Families are facing a complex legal system without a guarantee of due process.
$100/mo over a year delivers trusted and compassionate legal guidance to 12 immigrants, giving them clarity and hope in a complex system.
Dismantled Support Pathways
While agencies are closing their doors, we are equipping churches and volunteers to come alongside families to support.
$208 a month trains and mobilizes a Good Neighbor Team to walk alongside refugee and immigrant families, helping them rebuild their lives and find belonging.
Respond alongside our immigrant neighbors in this critical moment.
$25
provides safe transportation so an immigrant can access work, school or medical care.
$100
trains and mobilizes a volunteer to connect refugees and immigrants to community and opportunity in the U.S.
$1000
can partially furnish a refugee family’s new home, including beds, tables and living room furniture
For over 80 years, across 100 countries we’ve been coming alongside families displaced by violence, poverty and injustice – both in the U.S. and across the world. We operate with interconnected solutions and wrap-around care that has true power to create change that lasts.
Together with you, we have seen our communities flourish in Sacramento:
Welcomed over 36,000 newly arrived refugees and immigrants and supported over 45,000 other immigrants through our programs since 1989.
Equipped 12,750 volunteers to be the hands and feet of Jesus since 1989.
Engaged 1,430 church and community partners, including 52 active church partners, to love their neighbor
Received needed in-kind goods and services in 2024 valuing over $700,000.
At World Relief, we’ve welcomed, advocated for and helped integrate over 500,000 forcibly displaced immigrants to communities all across our nation, including nearly 40,000 here in Sacramento since 1989. And we’ve done so with the help of bold and compassionate women and men just like you.
Together, we can make Sacramento one of the most welcoming communities on the planet. Will you join us?
Seeing what World Relief was doing, I thought — thank God something is happening. There is still goodness in the world. World Relief is changing lives.
Kristen Willerer
Donor
I don’t know what we would have done without [our caseworker]. Before we got to World Relief, it felt like no one cared.
Olga
Daughter of Ukranian Refugee
The latest news from World Relief Sacramento
January Community Impact Newsletter
On January 20, 2025, an Executive Order from the White House temporarily suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), pending a 90-day review. This pause is a serious blow to thousands of refugees hoping to find safety and a new beginning in the Sacramento region, as well as to those already here who are waiting to be reunited with loved ones.
November Community Impact Newsletter
This month, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, we celebrate Muriel Chiavini, a dedicated volunteer with the Afghan Women’s Program since the fall of 2019. Muriel’s journey of service is deeply rooted in her experience teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) at the Philippine Refugee Center, where she prepared refugees for cultural immersion and integration in the United States. She reflects, “God used my experience to help the Afghan women refugees of World Relief.”
Reuniting Families: A Journey of Hope at World Relief Sacramento
Seeing little ones’ faces light up when they know they’ll see their daughter or son again—it’s that feeling of hope. I’m so happy we get to give hope to people.