New pilot project offers short-term housing for refugees seeking a foothold in St. Louis
Enter Welcome Neighbor STL, which has carved out a niche helping refugees after their federal resettlement funds are exhausted—and mobilizing volunteers in the community eager to help.
How Welcome Neighbor STL Is Helping Refugees Find Their Place In St. Louis
Jessica Bueler details what led her to found Welcome Neighbor STL in 2016, and how it continues to help. Syrian refugee Mawda Altayan joins the conversation.
Catholics continue to rally around Afghan refugee families in St. Louis
Among the many people who have stepped up to help, one St. Louis Catholic (Ann Wittman) has provided for the newcomers in ways she never could have imagined.
In St. Louis, this Catholic rallies her community to treat Afghan immigrants ‘like Jesus’
Ann Wittman with Farid Wardak, an Afghan immigrant, in front of the house that the Wittman's purchased for the Wardak family in the St. Louis suburb of Affton.
Afghan Refugees Feel at Home in St. Louis
St. Louis is rolling out the welcome mat for immigrants and refugees from Afghanistan. Welcome Neighbor St. Louis is one of the many agencies that is smoothing the transition for families who [...]
Nonprofit helps Ukrainian couple find refuge in St. Louis
"Our home was bombed within a one-mile radius and it's okay, it was not destroyed but we were bombed," Julia shared.
Women at the Well at St. Gabriel Parish seek to fill women’s buckets with the Good News of Jesus
Sandy Timpe poured a glass of wine for an attendee at the Women at the Well Syrian Supper Club event at St. Gabriel Parish July 19.