San Diego County

We envision a San Diego where all of our newly arriving neighbors can thrive and flourish, where we together create communities of welcome throughout the county.

Office location:
6555 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, CA 92111

Jane Register, San Diego Program Director
jregister@wr.org

Zoreh Novinni, Case Manager
znovinni@wr.org

Adonis Maitre, Case Manager
amaitre@wr.org

Luc Gamaunt, Volunteer Coordinator
lgamaunt@wr.org

Kara Watkins, Immigration Attorney
kwatkins@wr.org

Megan Monti, Job Readiness Intern
mmonti@wr.org

Client Services

Our clients are immigrants in San Diego of all statuses including refugees, SIVs, asylees, asylum seekers, TPS holders, and Humanitarian Parolees.

Client Referral Form

Case Management

At World Relief, we know that adjusting to life in a new country can be challenging. Our Case Management Program works with Ukrainian or Afghan Humanitarian Parolees, Refugees, and Asylees(Asylum-granted). The case manager will assist with applying for MediCal, Calfresh, Cash Aid, WIC, CalWorks, SSI, IHSS and referrals to financial assistance programs and immigration legal service providers. Intensive Case Management program works with individuals with complex vulnerabilities including but not limited to survivors of torture, single parents, clients with psychological conditions or at risk of suicide, elderly clients, disabled clients, LGBTQ, or young adult clients without parents. Please complete this referral form to request Case Management Services.

Immigration Legal Services

At World Relief, we recognize that immigration legal pathways can be confusing to navigate. We provide affordable legal services through our Immigration Legal Service Department, and offer the following services: consultations, DACA, Green Card Renewal or Replacement, Family Reunification, Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing/Immigrant Visas, Fiancé Petitions, Naturalization (Citizenship), VAWA/U-Visas, Conditional Residency Removal, Refugee and Asylum Green Cards, Travel Documents, FOIA Request. Schedule your appointment here.

Our office has partnered with affiliate immigration attorneys to provide free immigration legal consultations that offer guidance on available immigration legal options. Unable to advise on removal defense at this time. Schedule your free consultation here.

English as a New Language

Employment Services

Creating a Community of Welcome

At World Relief, we partner with the local church and individual volunteers to assist newly arrived families in the United States. Since our founding, we’ve welcomed over 294,000 refugees to the United States in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, and have served over 125,000 other immigrants by providing vital services and community connections.

Whether it’s securing housing, supplying basic necessities, or enrolling children in school, we come alongside these families every step of the way as they begin on the path to belonging.

Church Engagement

You long to serve your congregation well, to effectively call and mobilize them for mission and launch them into lives committed to the most vulnerable. How can you inspire your congregants to ‘Be The Church’ seven days a week? To go out into all the world as disciples? And how do you, as a leader, follow your call to move your church? These are questions many of us grapple with daily. And finding the answers can often be incredibly challenging.

But here’s the good news. We understand, and we can help.

Learn about Church Partnership

"You feel like people love you. A lot of people are alone, and here [at World Relief], they feel they are important. This place gives confidence to people. Before I came here, I didn’t want to go outside and talk to people. After I studied here, I felt confident. I could go outside and do several things by myself."

- Daniel Diaz, WR Client

San Diego Volunteer Opportunities

Apply to Volunteer Here

Host Homes

Good Neighbor Team

Friendship Partner

English Tutor

Youth Tutor

Career Mentor

Operation: HOME

San Diego Donation Opportunities

Become a Donor

Welcome Basket

Student Backpack

Cell Phones/Tablets/Laptops

Toiletry Kits

Migrant Shelter Supplies

World Relief is partnered with local migrant shelters in both San Diego and Tijuana that are assisting asylum-seeking families. We are in need of blankets, towels, feminine hygiene products, razors, shaving cream, umbrella strollers, diapers, wipes, Women's clothing/shoes, men's clothing/shoes, children's clothing/shoes, travel gear(backpacks, duffle bags, small rolling suitcases), canned/shelf stable food, rice, beans, diapers/wipes. For more info, please contact lgamaunt@wr.org.

Bikes/Scooters

Furniture

Our San Diego office partners with Bridge of Hope and Catholic Charities for all furniture donations as they work to set up apartments for newly arriving families. Items that are most needed are: couches, dining tables/chairs, beds, new mattresses, pots/pans, silverware, dishes, new towels/sheets/pillows, lamps, clocks.

For groups that are interested in apartment set ups, please check out our "Operation: HOME" opportunity. For more info, please contact lgamaunt@wr.org.

Clothing

Today there are over 80 million people around the globe who have been forced, or made the painful choice, to leave their home. Threatened by extreme poverty, violence, and oppression, they leave behind everything familiar to seek a life free from fear.

Thousands of these refugees, asylees and other immigrants in vulnerable situations come to the United States every year seeking a place to rebuild their lives.

And together, we can help.

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Your generosity makes a transformative and lifelong impact. When you give, you’ll join our family of passionate changemakers committed to changing our world.

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