News from Wichita, KS
Get the latest updates and event listings from the International Rescue Committee in Wichita, KS, and learn how you can help welcome newly arrived refugees.
Holiday Giving Tree Gives Community and Opportunity to “Adopt” an IRC Family for the Holidays
Community individuals and partners are invited to "adopt" a IRC family during the holiday season.
IRC Hosted Second Annual Inter-Faith Summit for Refugees
The meeting was an opportunity for leaders and members from different faith based groups to come together to learn more about the IRC and ways that their organizations could get involved.
Vans, trucks and volunteer movers needed!
The IRC in Wichita is looking for volunteers to help with moving furniture and to assist with setting up apartments for refugees prior to their arrival in Wichita.
IRC in Wichita to host first fall festival
The staff and clients of the IRC in Wichita would like to invite our community to attend our first Fall Festival.
First Presbyterian Church hosts Back to School Bash
For the second year in a row, First Presbyterian Church in Wichita has provided new backpacks and school supplies to children who have been served by the IRC.
St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral Donates New Shoes to Refugee Resettling in Wichita
The members of St. George's Orthodox Cathedral donated Payless Shoe Source to IRC clients in Wichita.
How to Donate to Wichita
All funds donated to the IRC in Wichita stay in Wichita to help refugees resettling in Wichita.
Wichita Community Invited to Informational Meetings at the IRC
The IRC in Wichita is currently holding weekly informational meetings and is inviting members of the community to come to the IRC to learn more about the case management, employment and adult education services to refugees resettling in Wichita as well as ways that individuals or organizations may get involved with the IRC.
The LDS Women’s Relief Society in Wichita Helping to Welcome Refugees in Wichita
. In May, a group of women from the Women’s relief Society from the LDS Church in Wichita came to the IRC where they met with IRC staff, toured our office and were able to learn more about the IRC and the work that is done to help refugees resettling in Wichita. After their meeting they presented the IRC with a stack of cheery and bright colored quilts and baby blankets for refugees resettling in Wichita.
Bike Walk Wichita donating bicycles and teaching safety courses to refugees resettling in Wichita
When refugees are resettled in Wichita, they are given a very short amount of time before they must get a job and become self-sufficient. In doing so, one of their biggest challenges is finding reliable transportation to get them to work on time.