Want to make a difference in a refugee's life? Sign up to be a Buddy English tutor! Meet one-on-one with your buddy in the comfort of their own home. Help them learn English and make a new friend! RSVP Here. Read More
City of Refuge, 7 E Sexton Rd, Columbia, MO 65203
Have you been a weekly volunteer? Have you volunteered at multiple of our events? Let us thank you at our Volunteer Appreciation Dinner! RSVP is mandatory. https://leah6981.wixsite.com/corvolunteer/event-info/volunteer-appreciation-dinnner/formRead More
Missouri United Methodist Church, 204 S 9th St, Columbia, MO 65201
Want to make a difference in a refugee's life? Sign up to be a Buddy English tutor! Meet one-on-one with your buddy in the comfort of their own home. Help them learn English and make a new friend! RSVP Here. Read More
Have you been a weekly volunteer? Have you volunteered at multiple of our events? Let us thank you at our Volunteer Appreciation Dinner! RSVP is mandatory. https://leah6981.wixsite.com/corvolunteer/event-info/volunteer-appreciation-dinnner/formRead More
Swipe through the journey
It usually takes 3-5 year for a
refugee to enter the United States.
Building Skills that Last
Many refugees come from vastly different backgrounds and the skills they have may not translate to the work available in Mid-Missouri. Developing professional skills is a vital step in helping the refugees become productive and successful members of our community. City of Refuge offers career exploration services, job coaching, English classes, Driver's Education courses, tutoring, and many more to help them regain control of their lives.
Supporting Trauma Survivors
Most, if not all, refugees experience trauma to some degree because of civil unrest, war, persecution or displacement. City of Refuge offers free PTSD/Trauma Counseling Services from Licensed Counselors to the refugee women, men, and children who have been placed in our community. This service is vital to helping those who were heavily impacted by trauma to recover and move forward.
Providing Material Goods and Simple Skills
Most refugees fly for the first time and step foot into a new city they're expected to call home without a basic knowledge of where to go to get access to the things they need. City of Refuge provides Basic Need Services, such as access to clothing, food, household items and navigating complex refugee paperwork to provide a space for refugees to rest and recover from their journey.
Most refugees fly for the first time and step foot into a new city they're expected to call home without a basic knowledge of where to go to get access to the things they need. City of Refuge provides Basic Need Services, such as access to clothing, food, household items and navigating complex refugee paperwork to provide a space for refugees to rest and recover from their journey.
Most, if not all, refugees experience trauma to some degree because of civil unrest, war, persecution or displacement. City of Refuge offers free PTSD/Trauma Counseling Services from Licensed Counselors to the refugee women, men, and children who have been placed in our community. This service is vital to helping those who were heavily impacted by trauma to recover and move forward.
Many refugees come from vastly different backgrounds and the skills they have may not translate to the work available in Mid-Missouri. Developing professional skills is a vital step in helping the refugees become productive and successful members of our community. City of Refuge offers career exploration services, job coaching, English classes, Driver's Education courses, tutoring, and many more to help them regain control of their lives.
Over the past couple weeks, our friends at Beulah Ralph Elementary put on an Escape Room Fundraiser, raising more than $2,400 for refugees in our community!
THANK YOU to all the teachers & students for putting this on and everyone who came out to support.
Tax season is here and we are grateful for the volunteers who are providing their expertise to help their refugee neighbors.
Thank you Charlotte McMillen and Dave and Linda Nissley for all their support this month!
