We empower refugees by creating opportunities to use their knowledge and skills from Africa to help their families and their own community and to better integrate with the larger Tucson community while gaining life skills that serve them in America.

A Quick Portrait of U.S. Refugees
Nearly 33 million people around the world are uprooted from their homes and communities by persecution and armed conflict. The US government allows a specified number of refugees from individual countries to resettle in the U.S. each year. The success of the refugees depends greatly on the welcome the refugees receive when they arrive. Our country is a nation of immigrants yet today refugees are often met with indifference, bureaucratic obstacles, and with suspicion. Refugees have traveled great distances under terrible circumstances and deserve to be treated with compassion. They come seeking what our forbearers sought… life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Currently, less than one percent of the world’s refugees are resettled to a third country. Refugees are people without countries. Their loss is incalculable: loss of home, livelihood, safety, belonging, and sometimes family. Our hope is that awareness will inform caring, and that caring will inspire action.