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World Refugee Day

Make a Difference in the Lives of Refugees and Displaced People

Miles for Refugees 2024

Move together to empower refugees on June 15th

The Path

Join us as we forge the path to lasting change.

Today, there are over 100 million people around the globe who have been forced, or made the painful choice, to leave their home. After years of fleeing violence, famine and extreme poverty, their greatest hope is that they’ll find a safe place to rebuild their lives and call home.

Sadly, this hope remains unattainable for many of our immigrant neighbors who feel marginalized, lonely and afraid. Rather than finding opportunities to flourish, many are losing hope as they struggle to overcome unexpected vulnerabilities and systemic barriers to integration. 

You Can Help Make a Difference

 

If you’re like us, this breaks your heart. And you want to know what you can do to help.

Here’s the good news. When you join us today, you can.

At World Relief, we’ve welcomed, advocated for, and helped integrate over 400,000 immigrants in vulnerable situations to communities all across our nation. And we’ve done so with the help of bold and compassionate women and men just like you.

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Volunteer

You can join our global network of over 95,000 volunteers positively impacting our world by dedicating your time and resources as a volunteer.

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Advocate

You can seek justice and mercy for the most vulnerable, using your voices to influence those in positions of power who can save lives.

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Give

When you give today, you join us in bringing hope, healing and restoration to millions of suffering men, women and children around the globe.

With your help, we can continue helping immigrants in vulnerable situations in the United States find hope and rebuild their lives, creating communities of love and welcome that we all feel proud to be a part of. 

Here’s how we do it:

Provide
Provide vital services

We provide newly arrived refugees and other immigrants with access to basic necessities and begin them on the journey to belonging through english classes, immigration legal services, employment services, and more.

Build
Build just and welcoming communities

We equip churches and community members with the information they need to educate, advocate and take action on behalf of our immigrant neighbors. And we work to change systems and resulting injustices that marginalize refugees and other immigrants in the U.S. 

People
Bring people together 

We connect churches and community members with immigrant families to foster transformative relationships, where both new and long-term community members flourish and find a sense of unity and belonging.

"There are so many different facets of life that are impacted when starting over in a new nation and that is overwhelming even in the best of circumstances, so I appreciate that World Relief really aims to cater to the whole person and family, regardless of age or stage. I'm generally a helpful kind of person so I've loved being able to jump in and lend a hand wherever help or my skills were needed!"

-Sara, World Relief Volunteer

"World Relief covered our rent for the first few months and helped me find a job. They drove me to interviews and helped so much. Years later we are still in touch with people from World Relief. They made us feel so welcome!"

- Irina, World Relief Client

"Working with World Relief for the last five years allowed me to see the direct impact on the most vulnerable in our local community. Making personal connection through being a good neighbor has been transformational for both sides.""

-Paul, World Relief Donor

News & Stories

Miles for Refugees: Q&A with Sara Cullen-Fong

Ever year PTR feels like a family reunion—in the best way! It’s always great to set a lofty fundraising and riding goal, work up to it, and then get to see the community that forms along the way. Every year my team gets a little bit bigger, and hopefully our impact does too.

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Empowering the Afghan Refugee Community: The Vital Role of Strong Family Leaders 

Afghan men are learning to redefine success, finding liberation from stress by embracing a holistic approach rooted in the strength of familial ties and self-care.

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The Resilience of One Afghan Refugee

A Story from World Relief Western NY World Relief Sacramento has welcomed and resettled 1,211 refugees into our community this fiscal year, many of them from Afghanistan. Many of their stories have been similar to this one from our sister office in New York. In October 2021, Atiqullah arrived at a United States Military Base,…

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