Stories

In the summer of 2022, Oleksii arrived in Minnesota after leaving his war-torn homeland of Ukraine, and Sayed Basir arrived here after a year-long wait following his evacuation from Afghanistan.

While living in his homeland of Somalia, Huti was a commissioner representing his home district. “I liked giving Somali people law and order, I believe everyone must respect the law,”

Higher education is a big goal for refugees. That’s why it was such an exciting milestone on Armand Bashige’s 200th day in Minnesota when this Congolese young man was accepted

Nearly 45 years ago MayKao Fredericks came to U.S. as a child, having fled the civil war in Laos with her family. Fleeing genocide, we were the lucky ones who

When Lucy arrived in Minnesota in 2008 as a young adult from South Sudan, her family connected with Arrive Ministries (previously called World Relief Minnesota) which assisted her in getting her Nursing Assistant certificate through the American Red Cross.

“When everything fell down, and the Taliban took over Kabul, I was in Afghanistan alone with my two daughters and it was very hard,” said Halima.

Inclusion is an Investment for Twin Cities Employers. Resettling in the United States is challenging for a number or reasons, but the inability to speak English is likely

It’s a celebratory full circle moment for one of our refugee clients to now be in the teacher role.

Two Afghan sisters are dedicated to pursuing lofty career aspirations. Atefe plans to pursue a residency in neurosurgery once she is able to obtain the proper documentation. Haniya aspires to work in the field of animation.

Reza works hard to provide for his family back in Afghanistan – but he hasn’t given up on his dream and would eventually like to finish his helicopter training once he gets his green card!