Internationals Ministries
You can be part of meeting physical and emotional needs of refugees, immigrants and international students. The following projects help ministries with internationals.
Refugee/Migrant Assistance Center
Help churches minister in the Middle East
Your gift will assist local churches in meeting the most immediate spiritual and physical needs of refugees and migrants. Areas of ministry include spiritual guidance and prayer, listening and encouragement, meeting basic needs—food, shelter and medicine, emergency lodging for medical crisis, counseling on next steps and solutions for the future.
$3.00 provides the refugee or migrant a phone call to their family back home.
$20.00 provides a newborn baby pack.
$50.00 provides one month of emergency housing.
$4.00 provides a blanket for a family.
Mi casa es tu casa
Provide a place of rest for a new refugee
Being an immigrant, migrant worker, or refugee in a new land can be lonely, depressing, and often scary. Through work in the Almería province of southern Spain, CBF field personnel have seen hundreds of internationals live through this type of despair just hoping beyond hope that they can find a job, a friend, or a meal. This project “mi casa es tu casa” is aimed at providing a place of rest and help for internationals struggling to find a way.
$25.00 provides a month-long supply of coffee/tea/juice as a way of welcome.
$50.00 provides a hot meal fellowship.
$250.00 provides the funds needed to meet monthly ongoing ministry activities.
$600.00 provides one month of rent for the ‘mi casa es tu casa’ house.
Love Thy Neighbor
Be part of a refugee’s new journey in Canada
In Ottawa, the Matthew 25:35 Network has formed to assist newly arrived refugees and immigrants with furniture, clothing, community, and jobs. Refugees are employed by the network, which provides them with an important Canadian job reference as they look for permanent work.
$50.00 will provide five hours of pay for a refugee as he/she works with the network.
International Students
Provide a warm welcome
The universities in Los Angeles, Calif., attract many international students. CBF field personnel are ministering among these students.
$25.00 helps welcome newly arrived international students, scholars, and their family members at a luncheon during international student orientation.
International Students
Support a student
The universities in Los Angeles, Calif., attract many international students. CBF field personnel are ministering among these students.
$50.00 helps provide an emotional outlet for international students as well as the opportunity to meet fellow international students.
Spain Migration Crisis and Relief Project
Help a refugee in crisis
Thousands of Africans migrate northward each year in hopes of finding a better life in Europe. When they arrive, however, they often live meagerly in shared housing and only find occasional manual day labor jobs. Your gift will provide crisis relief in the form of food, medicines, or possibly a phone call to family in Africa; or sustainable activities that might provide income as they live in Spain.
$10.00 provides enough funds to purchase basic first aid medicines.
$50.00 provides the funding needed to enroll in a job training course.
$75.00 provides monthly upkeep for the “veggie-vehicle” that delivers free vegetables.
$200.00 provides start-up funds for a micro-enterprise business.
$5.00 provides for a 30-minute phone call to family in Africa.
PORTA
Support a ministry center for marginalized Albanians
PORTA, the Albania House in Athens, is a hospitality, culture, and reconciliation center for Albanian immigrant families in Athens. Its facilities and programs welcome Albanians, affirm their ethnic identity, provide a warm, trustworthy setting in which they can learn about Christ, receive practical care, build respectful relationships with Greeks, as well as network to enhance their experiences in the new setting.
$20.00 provides a child’s Albanian language textbook.
$30.00 provides an adult’s English language textbook.
$75.00 provides arts and crafts materials for one session.
$350.00 provides a child’s scholarship for three weeks of Christian camp in the summer.
$1,600.00 provides rent for the PORTA facility for one month.
$8.00 provides a family’s first Bible in Albanian.
$50.00 provides a “New Baby Welcome Kit.”
$500.00 helps to provide ethnic Albanian costumes for a children’s folk dance program.