Join us on Wednesday, December 18th, from 6:00-8:00 pm to learn more about our Buddy English and Homework Helper Programs. One of the most intimidating obstacles for a refugee acclimating to life in Columbia is the language barrier. Being able to effectively communicate increases job opportunities, economic mobility, and much more. We have a list of refugees who have signed up asking for someone to help them improve their English....Read More
City of Refuge
Join us on Wednesday, December 18th, from 6:00-8:00 pm to learn more about our Buddy English and Homework Helper Programs. One of the most intimidating obstacles for a refugee acclimating to life in Columbia is the language barrier. Being able...Read 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.
We are so excited to partner with Lucky's Market Columbia this holiday season in #BagsforChange!
If you bring your own bags when you shop you can donate a wooden dime. Lucky's will double all the dimes and give the amount to support our refugee programs as well as two other wonderful organizations: Services For Independent Living (SIL) & Columbia Public Schools Foundation!Drumroll please...your new Bags for Change Partners are:
Services For Independent Living (SIL)
City of Refuge - Columbia, Missouri
Columbia Public Schools Foundation
Make sure to bring your own bags next time you shop and you can donate your wooden dime to the local non profit of your choice. At the end of the quarter we'll double up all those wooden dimes and donate the total amount to the three different local Non Profit Organizations who are doing wonderful work in the community.
This month, our friends at Minuteman Press Of Columbia, MO are donating 5% of your order when you mention City of Refuge at check-out!
They have helped out our organization so much this past year and we are grateful for their support of non-profits in our city!This Month, we wanted to Give Thanks to the local charities and non-profits in Columbia. So Beginning today until November 22nd, we will donate 5% of the pre-tax total on all orders to a local charity or non-profit of the customers choice. Contact us for more information and how to order.
