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Unite for Refugees

Unite for Refugees

Are you interested in volunteering, donating, or learning more about what is being done locally in support of refugee resettlement? Visit http://www.uniteforrefugees.org/

“Telling true tales of

“Telling true tales of finding new life”

St. Thomas/Elgin Weekly News November 27th, 2015 It took Ath Sem two weeks on foot to reach the border. In that time he had to scavenge for food, avoid the Cambodian military, and simply survive. However at the border his life was still in jeopardy. What lay between him and a refugee camp where he […]

“New Television series

“New Television series We Are St. Thomas-Elgin welcomes newcomers to the area”

St. Thomas Times-Journal November 19th, 2015 It’s nothing but lights, camera, action for some of Elgin county’s newcomers, who are making their small screen debut on Rogers Television. Each episode of We Are St. Thomas-Elgin highlights a different immigrant’s story about what it was like to come to Canada, how they settled in the region […]