Refugee Empowerment Center’s (REC) Response to COVID-19
Things are rapidly changing with the spread of COVID-19 and I wanted to send a quick update on some of the things we’re doing at Refugee Empowerment Center to serve refugees in our [...]
Things are rapidly changing with the spread of COVID-19 and I wanted to send a quick update on some of the things we’re doing at Refugee Empowerment Center to serve refugees in our [...]
Jamal, our Senior Manager of Programs, closed on his first house recently. He said, “Little by little I’m working to gain back what I lost in my country. I’ve been in the US for almost 4 years [...]
We are proud to announce that our Project Refuge candles are now being sold at Flowerama on 144th and Pacific Streets and Scout Dry Goods in Dundee (both in Omaha)! Mitch, our operations intern, [...]

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Refugee Empowerment Center (REC) is an affiliate of Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC). Reception and placement activities that the REC conducts are paid for, in part, through financial assistance provided by the Department of State through ECDC. REC received $60,000 through competitive funding through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and families, Grant #90RP0114-01. The Preferred Communities project will be financed 100% of Federal funds. The contents of this are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, Administration for Children and Families. Match Grant is a federally-funded program operated under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement. REC operates the Match Grant program through ECDC.