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As numbers of displacement skyrocket around the globe and people struggle to resettle in high-income countries, mental health isn’t a priority, or for a lack of better words it’s not even on [...]

"Our supper club program helps immigrant and refugee families, especially ladies, to become a little bit independent,” Zaimi said. “I mean truly independent, especially financially independent."

In 2021, Faisal Ghandiwal and his family rushed to the airport to flee Afghanistan, but Ghandiwal was the only one of his immediate family to make it out. After a few months in Qatar he made it [...]

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.

A longtime volunteer with Welcome Neighbor STL leaped into action, developing a plan to mobilize volunteers in the wake of the transportation issues during the first weeks of class for St. Louis [...]

World Refugee Day is Saturday, June 22, and Welcome Neighbor STL is celebrating with a World Refugee Day drive-thru lunch featuring Syrian chef and refugee Mawda Altayan.

Welcome Neighbor STL featured in the Jewish Light Digital Edition: June 5, 2024

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.