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Our Hope for the Holidays program collects cards and shares messages of hope and welcome with newcomers in the United States.
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Driven by the belief in human dignity and the intrinsic value of every individual.
For more than 85 years, Global Refuge (formerly Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service) has provided the resources, guidance, and community to help forge a way forward for New Americans. We’re committed to helping people reimagine the possibilities while providing a soft place to land.
With more than 1,000 partners and 50,000 volunteers, we are the largest faith-based national nonprofit exclusively dedicated to helping restore a sense of home to immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees. Since 1939, we’ve built a legacy of compassion by walking alongside more than 750,000 new neighbors as they rebuild their lives in the United States.
Everyone deserves a place to call home.
Creating a new sense of home.
Building stronger communities.
Helping the most vulnerable find safety.
Reuniting families and a sense of security.
Providing essential care to achieve stability and success.
Mobilizing to meet the need.
Promoting just, humane immigration policy.
Supporting newcomers through a complex system.
Disinformation and hateful rhetoric about immigrants and refugees are everywhere. At Global Refuge, we know the truth: immigrants and refugees make the United States a better place. Check out our new resources to get the real story.
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A journey to hear.
After being forced to flee Venezuela, Ana Rosa and her children, all born deaf, embarked on a long, dangerous journey through Central America to seek refuge in the United States.
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