Newsletter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, November 22, 2021 Media Contact: Cailan Franzcailan@refugeeempowerment.org Amanda Kohler Steps down as Refugee Empowerment Center Executive DirectorImmigrant Legal [...]

GOOD NEWS ALERT >> Your support as a Project Refuge member has led to our first two scholarship recipients: two brothers from Sudan. They have both recently enrolled in Metro Community College in [...]

Thank you to our community supporters who came to welcome our newest clients in person at the airport! After almost 2 days of travel, they were so excited to finally put their feet on the ground [...]

The freedom and right to vote is one of the greatest parts of the American democracy. We cherish this freedom and want to call on you, Omaha, to be informed, get registered, finding your polling [...]

A few weeks ago we received notice that we needed to send a staff member to Washington D.C. to help a 13-year-old boy travel to Omaha. Last minute travel arrangements are tough but we were [...]

Saw Kaw and Dah Eh Paw arrived in Omaha in May of 2019. Very soon after their arrival, Saw got a job at QPI and Dah got a job as a caregiver. Within seven months of their arrival, they bought [...]

Huge thank you to everyone who has donated masks! We’ve distributed about 2,000 masks to refugees in our community. A special thanks to Faithwestwood church and Omaha Fashion Institute who [...]

 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, [...]