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Donors, volunteers, churches and community organizations have responded swiftly and generously in the weeks since abrupt policy changes and executive orders altered the course of refugee resettlement across the state and nation.
Read MoreFrontline Report: The Border
Ted Oswald, World Relief Sacramento’s Immigration Legal Services staff attorney, and Kevin Woehr, DOJ Accredited Representative with World Relief DuPage/Aurora, recently returned from Tijuana, Mexico as part of a team comprised of World Relief staff from across the U.S. advising asylum seekers at the border. Lea este artículo en Español, Aquí.
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Reporte de Primera Línea: Reflexiones desde la Frontera
Ted Oswald, un abogado de la oficina de Servicios Legales de Immigracion en World Relief Sacramento, recientemente regreso de Tijuana, Mexico como parte de un equipo compuesto de personal de World Relief de todos los EE. UU. asesorando a los solicitantes de asilo en la frontera.
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Frontline Report: Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Referred to affectionately as the Heart of Africa; rich in resource, culture and beauty. The nation has some of the greatest concentrations of valuable raw minerals in the world, and Eastern Congo, in particular, is fertile and ripe for agricultural development.
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Our Fight to End Human Trafficking
Five years ago, UN member states came together to designate July 30th as World Day Against Trafficking in Persons in…
Read MoreThe Baby in the Manger and at the Border: What Paula White Gets Wrong
My pre-school-aged daughter made a compelling observation as she played with our nativity set a few years ago, rehearsing the Christmas story as it appears in her children’s storybook Bible. “Dad,” she observed, her eyes fixed on the collection of wooden shepherds, animals, “wise men,” and the holy family of Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus, “We’re missing a figurine. We don’t have the ‘mean king.’”
Read MoreFrontline Report: The Rohingya Refugee Crisis
It seems as if every couple of weeks we hear about a new conflict or disaster happening around the world. Our support efforts seem like a drop in a giant ocean.
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