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I came here to help the people who helped me before. There are a lot of immigrants who need help, and I can help new generation immigrants. And I hope that new generation immigrants will help and the future will, and the future…
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Changing My Mind: One Year at World Relief
Ethnocentrism: evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture. Google Dictionary…
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Creative Solutions for Refugees in South America
Since 2017, Venezuelans have been fleeing the country, escaping a combination of hyperinflation, lack of food and water, and government…
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Compassion: Moving into Suffering
Destruction. And hopelessness. Those were the two realities Deb Russell faced everywhere she looked when she deployed to Turkey with…
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Raise Your Hand if You’re a Mama!
By Lisa Zanoni, World Relief Spokane Relationship Manager Raise your hand if you are a mama! Or have a mama.…
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Democratic Republic of Congo refugee joins Spokane Police Department
Balinda Kizombo is a proud volunteer of the Spokane Police Department Reserve Unit. He graduated from the academy last fall.
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‘My real family’: Vietnamese woman who long suspected American parentage finds relatives through Spokane Amerasian group
Hoa Tran knew nothing about her parents for most of her life, only that she looked different from other Vietnamese people.
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World Relief Spokane increases resettlement capacity in response to global displacement crisis
August 30, 2023 – Spokane, WA – With more than 110 million people forced to flee their homes worldwide due…
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World Relief Promotes Refugee Resettlement Efforts in Spokane and Advocates for Greater Community Engagement
Matthew Soerens, Vice President for Advocacy and Policy at World Relief and coauthor of Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion and…
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World Relief Mobilizes to Provide Immediate Support to Devastated Communities in Wake of Turkey and Syria Earthquake
February 7, 2023 CONTACT:Pinkston Teamwr@pinkston.co Baltimore, Md. – In the wake of a devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, World…
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