This Year’s Volunteer Spotlights

In celebration of Volunteer Appreciation Week, we asked some of our volunteers to share why they believe volunteering with World Relief QC is important to them and their communities. We hope their responses inspire you to get involved in your own community. Next week is Volunteer Appreciation Week, and we want to celebrate our amazing…

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What is Resettlement

The Joys and the Challenges. “The most rewarding part of being a case manager at World Relief is watching the face of a family member reuniting with a loved one — where their whole face demonstrates joy and they embrace each other, having not known for sure whether they would ever be given this chance”…

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Building a Cross-Cultural Relationship as a Volunteer

Whether you’re a seasoned volunteer or just starting out, Whitney Renfroe strongly agrees that uncertainty can often accompany a cross-cultural relationship. After all, Whitney is no stranger to helping immigrants. During her college years, this occupational therapist spent a summer month in Greece serving and walking alongside refugees. And it’s the passion that brought her…

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Interview with Office Director: Tami McLaughlin

How did you start working at World Relief?  I was the director of missions at a local church outside of Atlanta and we partnered with World Relief for a short-term mission trip. We went to Clarkston, Georgia, and I think it has the largest number of languages spoken in one square miles in the United…

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The Women’s Programs: A Special Feature

World Relief Sacramento wishes to feature our Women’s Programs – a set of services offered to new female refugees from Afghanistan. The Women’s Programs are dedicated to empowering their clients through education, as well as integration with the Sacramento community. In 2019, a group of Afghan women started meeting in a Sacramento apartment. Converted by…

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More than Disaster: International Women’s Day

The death toll following the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has climbed to over 50,000. Millions of people are in need of shelter. This International Women’s Day, our hearts go out to the women who are doubly disadvantaged after the earthquakes. Above: women wait hopefully for their relatives to be reached in rescue efforts ©…

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