Exodus Refugee Immigration is a refugee resettlement agency located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Exodus programs focus on receiving refugees as they arrive in the United States, helping them find apartments and jobs, learning English, and becoming financially self-sufficient. It has resettled refugees from Burma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Iraq, Somalia, and El Salvador, among other countries, and assists people of from many countries, cultures, languages, faiths, and political opinions.
Exodus Refugee Immigration only resettles people who have been granted refugee status by the United Nations and who have been vetted and pre-approved by the United States Government, which issues them valid refugee visas. It is affiliated with a national
VOLAG
VOLAG, sometimes spelled Volag or VolAg, is an abbreviation for "Voluntary Agency". This term refers to any of the nine U.S. private agencies and one state agency that have cooperative agreements with the State Department to provide reception and p ...
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Church World Service
Church World Service (CWS) was founded in 1946 and is a cooperative ministry of 37 Christian denominations and communions, providing sustainable self-help, development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance around the world. The CWS mission is ...
(CWS), which is assigned by the US Government's Office of Refugee Resettlement, which also provides funds for initial resettlement. These funds are channeled through the VOLAGs into local resettlement agencies such as Exodus, who provide short-term assistance with housing, employment services,
ESL
English as a second or foreign language is the use of English by speakers with different native languages. Language education for people learning English may be known as English as a second language (ESL), English as a foreign language (EFL ...
and financial services to the incoming refugees.
Refugees resettled by Exodus are assisted by local welcome teams, made up of volunteers from religious organizations and other community groups. These welcome teams help refugees complete required medical exams, enroll their children in schools, and learn English.
Mission statement
Exodus Refugee Immigration works with refugees—worldwide victims of persecution, injustice and war—to establish self-sufficient lives in freedom and sanctuary for themselves and their families in Indiana.
See also
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Refugee
A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.
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Chin people
The Chin people (, ) are a Southeast Asian people native to Chin State and its neighbouring states of Myanmar.Head, JonathanBurma's 'abused Chin need help' ''BBC News'', Jan 28, 2009, accessed Jan 28, 2009 The Chin are one of the founding groups ...
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Karen people
The Karen, kjp, ပ်ုဖၠုံဆိုဒ်, my, ကရင်လူမျိုး, , th, กะเหรี่ยง ( ), also known as the Kayin, Kariang or Kawthoolese, are an ethnolinguistic group of Sino-Tibetan language ...
References
External links
Church World ServiceEpiscopal Migration MinistriesExodus Refugee ImmigrationRefugee Processing Center
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Charities based in Indiana
Refugee aid organizations in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Indianapolis