TUCSON REFUGEE MINISTRY

Helps refugees overcome practical obstacles to employment including transportation, childcare, clothing needs, and time management.

Assists refugees with job acquisition through resume creation, online job platform navigation, interview preparation, and career planning. Also provides training in job retention skills such as punctuality, workplace relationships, and maintaining a positive attitude.

Offers comprehensive job acquisition and retention services, including resume creation, job platform navigation, interview training, career planning, and instruction on workplace conduct such as punctuality and professional relationships. Also addresses practical barriers to employment like transportation, childcare, and time management.

Offers comprehensive job acquisition and retention services, including resume creation, interview training, career planning, and instruction on workplace conduct such as punctuality and relationships. Also addresses practical barriers to employment like transportation, childcare, and time management.

Provides English language instruction and tutoring to refugees of all ages, including adults preparing for citizenship tests and youth needing support with schoolwork. Services are designed to improve language skills and support educational integration.

Provides English language instruction and tutoring to refugees of all ages, including adults preparing for citizenship tests and youth needing support with schoolwork. Services are offered to refugees from countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti, and Mexico.

Offers financial literacy training to help refugees manage money effectively and achieve economic self-sufficiency.

Delivers financial literacy training to help refugees manage money effectively and achieve economic self-sufficiency.

Supports refugee-led business startups by providing guidance on licenses, permits, location selection, contracts, staffing, supply management, accounting, tax reporting, advertising, and transportation logistics.

Supports refugee entrepreneurs by providing guidance on business startup processes, including legal requirements, location, staffing, supply management, accounting, tax reporting, advertising, and transportation.

Provides guidance and support for refugees starting their own businesses, covering essential areas such as licenses, permits, location selection, contracts, staffing, supply management, accounting, tax reporting, advertising, and transportation.

Translated the booklet "You are a Beloved Daughter" for Muslim women as part of religious outreach efforts to share the Gospel.

Translated the religious booklet "You are a Beloved Daughter" for Muslim women to facilitate Gospel sharing, reflecting faith-based outreach efforts.

Translated the booklet "You are a Beloved Daughter" for Muslim women to facilitate Gospel sharing, reflecting faith-based outreach efforts.

Runs a trauma-informed care program to help refugees process past trauma and build emotional resilience as part of their resettlement and integration process.

Runs a trauma-informed care program to help refugees process past trauma and build emotional resilience.

Facilitates long-term relationships between volunteers and refugee families, including those from the Democratic Republic of Congo, to provide enduring friendship and support for social integration and resettlement over periods up to six years.

Facilitates long-term volunteer pairings with refugee families to foster enduring friendships and provide sustained support for social integration and resettlement, including documented multi-year relationships with families from countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Facilitates long-term relationships between volunteers and refugee families to support social integration and resettlement, including documented multi-year support for families from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Operates summer programs such as International Kids Kamp and Teen Blast for refugee children and youth (ages 5–12), offering games, crafts, songs, and field trips. Also organizes community events including airport welcomes and Ramadan activities to support family integration.

Operates summer programs including International Kids Kamp (also known as International Kids Camp), a free program for refugee children ages 5–12 featuring songs, games, crafts, and field trips. Also organizes airport welcomes and cultural events such as Ramadan activities.

Operates summer programs such as International Kids Kamp and Teen Blast for refugee children ages 5–12, offering songs, games, crafts, and field trips. Also organizes airport welcomes, Ramadan activities, and other community events to support family integration.

Engages in national-level advocacy and policy work through participation in the Refugee Highway Partnership to influence refugee actions and policies.

Engages in national-level advocacy and policy efforts through participation in the Refugee Highway Partnership to influence refugee support systems and actions.

Engages in national-level advocacy and policy efforts through participation in the Refugee Highway Partnership to influence refugee-related actions and systemic support.

Provides training and convenes the annual Arizona Refugee Workers gathering to strengthen the capacity of refugee support professionals across Tucson and the state.

Provides foundational and regional training for refugee support workers, including the "Refugee 101" course for volunteers and the annual Arizona Refugee Workers gathering, to strengthen local refugee service capacity.

Provides training for refugee workers across Tucson, including the Refugee 101 course for volunteers, and organizes the annual Arizona Refugee Workers gathering to strengthen local capacity.