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Refugee Welcomer & Driver

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ORGANIZATION: Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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Over 100 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced from their homes (UNHCR, 2024). The Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Service (IRIS) is a social and legal service agency dedicated to aiding refugees, asylees, migrants and other displaced persons fleeing persecution.
This year, IRIS will be resettling more refugee families and individuals than we have ever before. Involvement from established community members broadens the quality of support newcomers receive. Newcomers have many new social, economic, and environmental factors to navigate.The volunteer in this position will have a crucial role of making sure the refugees’ resettlement process is off to a smooth, welcoming start.

A warm greeting, connecting them with relatives, and transportation to housing are important first steps in IRIS’s resettlement support for refugees. The Volunteer Welcomer & Driver can include the following responsibilities:

  • Complete new volunteer orientation
  • Promptly drive to the LAX airport to welcome the newcomers as an IRIS representative
  • Print and provide the official welcome letter to newcomers
  • Coordinate with the newcomers’ relatives to facilitate the connection between them
  • Provide transportation of client to their relatives’ housing/temporary housing
  • Communicate with Newcomers & their relatives to ensure immediate food and cellphone access
  • Document volunteer activities in IRIS’s user-friendly software
Some clients may need to be transported further distances from the airport. Volunteers will work with the Volunteer Coordinator to establish their boundaries of support for driving distance.

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About Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service

Location:

3621 Brunswick Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90039, US

Mission Statement

The mission of Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service (IRIS) is to provide a gracious welcome as well as tangible tools and connections to help new arrivals achieve self-sufficiency in the United States. IRIS has several programs including: refugee resettlement, immigration legal services, cultural orientation, food pantry program and an ESL/Civics program. IRIS is a program of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and operates in conjunction with Episcopal Migration Ministries.

Description

IRIS provides a gracious welcome and tangible tools for self-sufficiency to hundreds of refugees, immigrants, and asylees in the Greater Los Angeles region each year.

IRIS is a program of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and the Southern California affiliate of Episcopal Migration Ministries. Since 2005, IRIS has helped over 10,000 refugees, and immigrants find hope, hospitality, and a safe haven in our community.

As a Department of Justice Office of Legal Access Program, IRIS offers free and low cost services to clients in the Greater Los Angeles area with the help of accredited staff and on staff immigration attorney. IRIS provides its clients with professional services and assistance in navigating today's complex immigration system. IRIS is pleased to offer a wide array of services including:

  • Citizenship
  • Adjustment of Status
  • Family Reunification
  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
  • Temporary Protected Status
  • Consular Processing
  • Travel Documents
  • Advance Parole
  • Employment Documents
  • Special Immigrant/Religious Worker
  • Notary Services
  • One on one case consultations
  • ESL/Civics Education
  • Food Pantry

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Community
Immigrants & Refugees
Advocacy & Human Rights, Community, Immigrants & Refugees

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

1 World WayLos Angeles, CA 90045

(33.946022,-118.40103)
 

DATE POSTED

December 20, 2024

SKILLS

  • Cross-cultural Communication
  • Multi-Tasking
  • Organization
  • People Skills

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+
  • Public Groups
  • Private Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • This position is on an as needed basis. Volunteer opportunities will be up to a couple times per month. We ask that volunteers commit to at least 3 months of availability.

Private Group Details

  • Group Size Range 1 - 5
  • Event can be held at a volunteer group location (e.g. office, park)
  • Donation required
  • Volunteers will be responsible for the cost of mileage and parking at LAX

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