Easy Ways to Give Aid to Refugees (Episode #161)

Helping of Happiness

What is a refugee? A refugee is a person fleeing from their country and cannot return because their life is at risk or could be seriously harmed. Sometimes they have been forced out. Other times they may be fleeing because they are in danger because of their political affiliation, membership in a certain social group, race, nationality or religion.

What does Refugee Services of Texas do? Serves refugees, asylees, individuals with Special Immigrant Visas, Cuban-Haitian entrants, Central American minors, survivors of human trafficking, and other vulnerable populations. In addition, RST works to facilitate partnerships with host communities to build a welcoming environment.

From Refugee Services Texas Blog:

Advocacy: Ways to take action

Ways to take action:

Contact Congress

Click above to be connected with your 2 Senators and 1 Representative via email or by phone. You will be able to send an email or receive a phone call that connects you to your Members of Congress. Please make sure to insert your city/town in the highlighted portion!

Amplify your voice on Social Media

Click above for a social media toolkit from our partners at We Are All America to use on your social media platforms!

Write for Local Media

Write an opinion editorial, a letter to the editor, a blog, or something for your newsletter, click above for some great talking points you can use.

Ways you can volunteer:

Apartment set up, Cultural Orientation, Welcome Team, Transportation, Refugee Youth Mentoring Program, Job Development and Financial Literacy, English Language Classes, Interpretation/Translation, Legal Services, Childcare, Administrative, Case Aid and so much more!!

Ways you can donate:

$50: Urgent Care. Help provide a virtual doctor's visit for a survivor of human trafficking in need of urgent care.
$100: Groceries. Help provide a week's worth of groceries for a newly arrived family seeking asylum.
$250: Technology Access. Help contribute a laptop to a newly resettled child who lacks the technology to attend school remotely.
$500: ESL. Help impact the lives of four clients with remote access to English language classes.
$1000: Home. Help a family who has lost their job due to COVID-19 with a month's rent to safely continue to shelter in place.

Refugee Services Texas : Make an Impact : Donate (rstx.org)

Also, you can donate through their Amazon Wishlist.

Where you can find more from Kaitlin at Refugee Services Texas

Website rstx.org

Instagram @refugeeservicesoftexas

Kaitlin also highly recommends Jessica Goudeau's book After the Last Border and Refugee by Ganz for young readers or families to read together!

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