Alison and the Refugee Highway Team
You probably already know that serving and advocating for refugees is something I am very passionate about. It is something God has grown in me over the past 14 years.
This picture is me with one of the women I met at the Kiziba refugee camp 2 years ago. She- and others like her- inspire me every day to invest my time and gifts in working for justice for the forcefully displaced in our world.
I have been asked by IT Canada to lead a short term team specifically for people who working with refugees in Canada. There is a need for us to deepen and expand our understanding of the experience of those currently on “the Refugee Highway” so that we are equipped to better respond to refugees arriving in Canada.
This March I will be taking a team of 6 to East Africa to listen to, to learn from, to pray with, and to encourage those who are currently in Kiziba refugee camp (Rwanda) and those living in urban areas of Nariobi Kenya.
This will be my 4th time in Rwanda and I can’t wait to return. I want to introduce my team-mates to the refugees who have changed my life. I know that they too will be changed by the time we spend with refugees in Africa. We expect to return from this trip better equipped intellectually, emotionally and spiritually to re-engage our involvement with refugees here in Canada. We want to become active advocates on behalf of refugees in our churches, our organizations, and our community.
To give towards Alison’s trip with the Refugee Highway Team–
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