As RAFT (Refugees And Friends Together) announced last week, we have received notice of our next family’s arrival! This is very exciting and we have only a short time until their arrival at the airport on Thursday, Sept. 26. We … Continue reading →
New York Times article: “Wonder and Worry, as a Syrian child transforms” By CATRIN EINHORN and JODI KANTOR DEC. 17, 2016 Click on the link to read the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/world/americas/syrian-refugees-canada.html?emc=eta1&_r=0 … Continue reading →
RAFT (Refugees And Friends Together) founded by Kamloops United Church’s Refugee Resettlement Committee, is grateful to Arabic speaking individuals who have acted as language support in our sponsorship of refugees from Syria. In June we gathered to thank those … Continue reading →
Help welcome Syrian newcomers as they start their new life in Canada and settle in Kamloops, BC. Join the Syrian newcomers for this festive occasion, Saturday, April 2nd at 6 pm. This fundraiser dinner is sponsored by the Kamloops Islamic Society, will … Continue reading →
Approximately 30 people gathered at the Kamloops airport to welcome two refugees from Iran, sponsored by KUC’s Refugee Resettlement Committee and R.A.F.T. (Refugees and Friends Together).
The Refugee Resettlement Committee of KUC is pleased to announce that we have found a basement suite for the two young men from Iran. Now we have to prepare it for their arrival which should be fairly soon. Here are some … Continue reading →
