Our volunteers have been meeting the refugees in Mexico City and Tijuana airports, providing help with transportation, translation, registration for border crossing, urgent needs, medical services, housing, and orientation at the refugee camp - the Hub.
We have been cooperating with numerous non-profit and governmental organizations, licensed professionals, private individuals to secure sponsorship and housing for refugees in the United States, and to provide professional legal assistance.
Watch CCFR volunteers in action - KTVU news report
CCFR, in collaboration with the iMiracle Project and The Lucky Pen organized three workshops titled "Understanding TPS, Asylum, and Other Immigration Statuses." CCFR partnered with USCIS representative Tim Parsley to provide targeted information for Ukrainian families who crossed the border from Mexico between March and June 2022, as well as families admitted into the US through the U4U program .
The workshops, held on Friday, October 20 (Redmond, WA), Friday, November 3 (Tacoma, WA), and Saturday, December 2 (Federal Way, WA), addressed the unique needs of Ukrainian families.
CCFR offered both live and online options, with all seminars and Q&A sessions being translated into Ukrainian and Russian languages.
A total of 275 people were registered for the workshops, and the overall attendance, including online participants and those who requested recordings/slides, exceeded 2,000 people from Washington, California, and Oregon.
Each workshop was conducted simultaneously in-person and on Zoom, and recordings of the sessions are now available for access.
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In October 2023, CCFR participated in Ukraine Action Summit in DC.
