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Good Neighbor Teams

Good Neighbor Team (GNT) involvement is a high-responsibility partnership between the local church, World Relief Spokane staff, and an immigrant or refugee family. A small group of volunteers from a local church is trained to walk alongside one refugee family, supported by the prayers of their congregation.

Preparation

The first step is to have a conversation with staff to understand the depth of commitment, gather a group of 6-10 individuals with varied availability, and identify a team leader. Each church is also asked to prayerfully consider financial support of World Relief’s ministry to refugees and other immigrants. Drives to equip new arrivals with household furnishings and other supplies are also welcome.

Training

With that foundation in place, World Relief staff will provide ongoing training: What is the displacement crisis? Who are refugees? How will our group work with World Relief staff? What is World Relief's responsibility and what is the GNT's responsibility? These important subjects are discussed in depth during trainings with World Relief staff. Applications and background checks are also required for all team members during this time.

Service

After initial training, the group will be matched with an arriving family. With the caseworker’s oversight, the group will provide wraparound support for the resettlement process. Over the course of 6 months, the GNT will be cultivating mutually transformative, long-term relationships with their new neighbors.

Responsibilities may include:

  • - Assistance in how to pay bills
  • - English conversation
  • - Setting up WIFI
  • - Day-to-day skills training
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World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe.

Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish. Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, as well as community strengthening and resilience.

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