Volunteer Opportunities with World Relief

Welcome Club mentors provide support to World Relief staff by facilitating character-building exercises, discussion groups and simple crafts (curriculum provided ahead of time) for 4th-8th grade refugee youth.

Good Neighbors are individuals, families or a small group of friends who desire to help refugees with community integration by providing life skills, spending quality time together and sharing cultures with each other. Good Neighbors can also have a focus on Job Coaching, Health Advocacy and/or English Tutoring.

Our Good Neighbor Team program is a team-based, relational volunteer opportunity consisting of 5-10 members (formed by you). This group comes alongside a refugee family for a duration of 6 months and assists them in their transition to Sacramento.

Come alongside job seekers in a variety of ways including individual job coaching, crafting resumes, setting up LinkedIn accounts and being part of mock interviews to prepare clients for the workplace in the United States.

Learning English is one of the most critical areas of support needed for new refugees. You can help by being a tutor for a woman in one of our literacy classes (starting again in October) or focus on ESL as a Good Neighbor.

The ILS program serves low-income immigrants in need of legal assistance. The program engages and trains legal professionals and others to serve their immigrant neighbors through citizenship workshops. It offers relevant legal education to help vulnerable populations know their rights. Some training is available.

Can't make a regular commitment to volunteering but want to help when you can? There are a variety of ways to serve as an arrival volunteer. You can welcome a refugee family by helping set up their apartment before they arrive, meeting them at the airport and taking them/their luggage to their new home, grocery shopping, or (in the future) providing a host home for one to two nights if their apartment isn't quite ready.