The Welcome to America Project celebrates refugees and accelerates their self-sufficiency by providing personal, meaningful welcomes and continued connections. We share transportation, technology and transformational resources to enhance success, so that refugees do not just resettle in our country, they find community and flourish. We create impacts that last a lifetime for the refugees as well as the volunteers who serve.
We offer a simple welcoming gesture, but it is one that lasts a lifetime.
We will visit a family originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In 2009 they fled their home and ended up in a refugee camp in Kenya where they stayed for nine years. The children attended school in camp and learned English. In 2015 they received a letter from U.S. Embassy and process started…
Clothing Closet Needs: Adult Clothing (sizes small and medium only); Teen and Children’s Clothing; Shoes (Adult and Children sizes)
