The IRC Volunteer Who Is Credited with Obtaining Furniture and Household Items for Nearly Every Refugee Family Resettled in Colorado since 2020

Borka Paponjak, the IRC in Seattle's resettlement and immigration program manager, recently celebrated 20 years of service with the IRC! During these years, she has welcomed and assisted thousands of refugees in the Seattle area.

IRC Virginia has long sought and valued feedback about our services. Now, our new Client Voice Initiative (CVI) takes this commitment one important step further: The program strives to ensure that our refugee families have a voice in developing the resettlement support that they need.

Overcoming the obstacles of resettling in a new country and creating a life for herself, Feroza exemplifies all that can be achieved by refugees as they make Sacramento their home. She says, "Trust yourself and motivate yourself. If I can do it, so can you."

The New York Times covers a Congolese refugee family resettled by the IRC in Oakland and their mentor family in Oakland, California.

In 2015, the IRC in NY began a new program to serve unaccompanied minors as part of a partnership with Heartland Alliance.  Unaccompanied minors are undocumented children who have entered the United States without a parent or legal guardian and then enter the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.  

Some Afghans in the U.S. could soon lose their ability to work, find health care, reunite with family members and even their legal right to live in the country.

As an essential part of our broader resettlement efforts, the New Roots program enables refugees to celebrate their heritage and nourish themselves and their neighbors by planting strong roots—literally—in their new communities.

Janvier, who was resettled in Missoula with his family in 2018, has learned important skills and forged strong friendships while playing on his high school's soccer team.