About Us
Thank you for your interest in helping refugees. We appreciate your willingness to help refugees in Frederick. At this time, however, the United States is not currently admitting refugees. For this reason, we are no longer in need of donations or volunteers. We will gladly share future opportunities if circumstances change.
If you would like to help refugees, please consider volunteering with the Literacy Council of Frederick. Being able to read and write English opens doors to employment and future citizenship. To find out more, contact the Literacy Council.
How You Can Help!
GIVE
Give a tax deductible financial, or other donation which will directly support refugees resettling in Frederick.
This is an opportunity for you to help, give, show kindness, and share what you can.
RENT
Do you have an affordable apartment to rent in or near downtown Frederick?
Contact us and let us know what you have available.
EMPLOY
Provide employment for a refugee as they transition to become a vital part of our community.
These individuals are motivated, dedicated workers.
VOLUNTEER
Provide assistance through cultural introductions; becoming a local guide; providing transportation to appointments, and the list goes on.
News
About 100 more Afghan refugees who are still camped out on military bases across the U.S. will be settling in Frederick before the end of February...
We would like to thank all those who helped organize and donate to the Refugee Welcoming Committee of Frederick in partnership with JustServe and others.
Afghan Allies helping our troops by serving as interpreters, translators, cultural advisors, drivers and more... Now need our thanks and help...
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus"
Advocate
Currently, the pathway for Afghan Allies to stay in the United States s asylum, a paperwork-intensive process with years-long backlogs that have prevented thousands of people from finding safety in the U.S. In order to make a successful asylum claim, these Afghans will be asked to provide proof that a person would face violence in their home country – in relation to their work with Americans, with women’s rights groups, reporting on corruption, and more.
These documents are the same ones that Afghans were advised to destroy in order to escape or elude the Taliban during the evacuation.
