“We all want, so much, to belong.”
Refugee Assistance Alliance recruits, trains, and assists ordinary people to help the most vulnerable refugees in South Florida with the vital support services that they need to survive and thrive in their new communities. Newcomers given human connections emerge from crisis and achieve self-sufficiency faster.
Refugees are people displaced by war, often in horrific circumstances, confirmed as refugees and processed by the United Nations and resettled in any of 149 countries as legal new residents. Refugees do not get to choose which country they are resettled to; it is randomly allocated. When they arrive in the U.S, they cannot choose to which city they will be sent. You can find out more about the United Nations Refugee Resettlement Program here.
Every single refugee client RAA has met has shown extraordinary strength and resilience to join us, our community. Refugee Assistance Alliance was formed by local Miami and Broward residents who joined together to help refugee newcomers understand our language and our ways, access opportunities for self-betterment, and start to feel at home here among us.
We believe that everyone deserves to live in safety, community, and with opportunities to succeed.
Since 2017, RAA’s team of volunteers, donors, supporters, and staff, working together, have welcomed and assisted newcomers from Afghanistan, Syria, Myanmar, Iraq, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Palestine, Honduras, Venezuela, Russia, and Pakistan. In 2023, we anticipate newcomers from Ukraine and Congo, as well as other crisis areas. We work in over ten cities across Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
Refugee Assistance Alliance empowers refugees and unites neighbors to strengthen communities across South Florida. When we reach across social barriers, we broaden understanding, empathy, and sense of common humanity, making happier and more connected communities: our work impacts us all.
You can support RAA through donating, volunteering, or advocating for us.