WelcomeH

Welcome Home: offering newly arrived refugees a safe, affordable home, supportive community, and settlement assistance since 2004.

[WelcomeH @WelcomeHKW]

#ThankYou for your support of local ❤️ refugees! As Welcome Home Refugee House undergoes a leadership & organizational transition on Oct 1st, our hope & prayer is that you will continue to support the importance of #RefugeeHousing 🏚️🏢🏡🏩 here in KW and beyond.

[WelcomeH @WelcomeHKW]

'It gave me hope': New Zealand charity gives refugees bikes and teaches them to ride.
https://t.co/7FKdYNDLkP

[WelcomeH @WelcomeHKW]

#ThankYou for your support of local ❤️ refugees! As Welcome Home Refugee House undergoes a leadership & organizational transition on Oct 1st, our hope & prayer is that you will continue to support the importance of #RefugeeHousing 🏚️🏢🏡🏩 here in KW and beyond.

[ImmigrationWatReg @ImmigrationWR]

Happy #BackToSchool to all newcomer and international students in #WRAwesome! Enjoy #school this year and don't forget to @ExploreWR

[ImmigrationWatReg @ImmigrationWR]

#employersWR are you interested in sponsoring or hiring refugees? Yes? So you should attend this info session about a great opp for a Workplace Refugee Sponsorship Program, hosted by @WorkforceWWD @ImmigrationWR @RefugeeHub & @mccorg, JUL31. Registration https://t.co/DoMasecxCo

[CBC KW @CBCKW891]

KPL career workshops help guide newcomer youth through future in Kitchener https://t.co/7IiEHj5mXS

[MennoHomes @MennoHomes]

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has calculated the rental wage—the hourly wage needed to rent an average two-bedroom apartment (the most common type) without spending more than 30% of one’s earnings.

You can check it out here:

https://t.co/66pb8k8AxD

[ImmigrationWatReg @ImmigrationWR]

After 5 years, 63% of permanent residents stayed in WR, 33% left and an additional 54% that had lived elsewhere had moved to WR. Resulting in a five-year net migration increase of 21%. More info w @ImmigrationWR & @ROWPublicHealth WR Immigration Profile @ https://t.co/IeAJ0uIiow

[Grand Magazine @Grand_Magazine]

Syrian family’s Kitchener shop, Ammar Halal Meats, has become a cultural gathering spot. Read the “World of Food” column by @cardamomaddict in the July-August edition of Grand magazine: https://t.co/W9jrEYTvFa
Photo: Alisha Townsend (https://t.co/QfEdoU7PUa)

[WelcomeH @WelcomeHKW]

I’m new to this country, but I see what’s at the heart of all Canadians!
https://t.co/3nAToNgBYk

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

Developing countries host 84% of the world's refugees.

Why do those who have little, give the most?

[ImmigrationWatReg @ImmigrationWR]

New Canadians more optimistic than the rest of the country, poll suggests! Read this CBC article: https://t.co/YzV5VuI7dn and share #ImmigrationMatters

[Waterloo Region Record @WR_Record]

Legal aid cuts hurt refugee claimants, Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support says
https://t.co/kOT7oP6qmt

[Waterloo Region Record @WR_Record]

On Canada Day, a Syrian refugee says ‘thank you’ to his new country https://t.co/yf13bJ2d9l

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

Over 50% of all refugees are children.
👧🏾👶🏻🧑🏽🧒🏻👩🏾👶🏼👦🏿👧🏻👶🏾🧑🏿👦🏽👧🏿🧑🏾👱🏼‍♀️👦🏾👧🏽

[Newcomer Centre WC @WCDSBNewcomer]

The NRC is moving!

Aug 12th, we will be open at our new location: 77 Young Street, first floor.

Please RT to help us get the message out!
@WCDSBNewswire @YMCAsofCandKW @YMCAImmigrant @StLouisWCDSB @WCDSBIntl @highlandmom #WCDSBESL #WCDSBAwesome

[Stage 2 ION @Stage2ION]

Did you know ION light rail service starts before 5 a.m. and runs until after 1 a.m.? Check out the full schedule here https://t.co/3mTTcElRxp

[ImmigrationWatReg @ImmigrationWR]

"Instead of thinking of refugees as people who are passive recipients of aid, how about re-imagining refugees as people who have assets to contribute, who have talents and skills that we need in Canada?" said Minister of IRC Ahmed Hussen https://t.co/OwgWK4hft5

[CBC News @CBCNews]

The United Nations Refugee Agency's annual global trends report shows Canada took in 28,100 of the 92,400 refugees who were resettled in 25 countries during 2018. https://t.co/lE8mwQ4xPq