Before the pandemic, I helped a Somali high school student with his studies for an hour each week in the family home, then I had story time with his three younger siblings. This wasn’t the usual story time. I didn’t read to them. They read to me.
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Neighbors of MN Jill “We lived in the same camp but a different section. I lived in section 4 and he lived in section 6A. We went to same school in Thailand and we were in the same grade together until 7th grade. We knew each other
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If you’d like to learn more about volunteering through Somali Adult Literacy Training (SALT), fill-out this SALT Interest Form.
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Christine’s story “I remember one day they announced at church that they start Salem Arts Exchange. They said something about sewing. I never doing that. I asked someone to tell me more,” said Christine. Four years ago and new to America, Christine found herself alone and
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Neighbors of MN Tom “The mission of Bell Lumber & Pole is to radically love and influence lives. We got connected to Arrive Ministries because it meets a couple of our key metrics for giving. We like Arrive’s model of mobilizing volunteers and the local church
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Neighbors of MN Raheena “When I was in Afghanistan, there were not that many rights, people could not do what they wanted. I went to school but many people said that the Taliban will kill me or kidnap me because I was going to school. But
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Neighbors of MN Nadia “Working as a nurse Care Coordinator has been an honor of mine and I take pride in being able to support and help my patients. I have been fortunate to be able to complete health assessments over the phone during this past
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Recently our employment counselor reached out to a school across the street from our office to see if they needed any teachers, and a wonderful partnership was formed. Ms. Dee, who runs Appleseed Montessori in Richfield was excited to hear about the work of Arrive Ministries’ Employment
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Neighbors of MN T. Cher Moua “On that fateful September night in 1978, my family and 400 others risked our lives to cross the Mekong River from Laos to Thailand. We had been living without hope, struggling to survive the Communist regime. This act of bravery
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Neighbors of MN Rahima “I am a refugee. When I hear people talk about refugees, I often hear people refer to refugees as lazy, complacent, living on public assistance and always in need of help. It bothers me so much. I barely ever hear refugees praised for
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