9 ways UCIs Can Be a Blessing to Displaced People
- Offer free hot meals
as is done by the PAN Dining Room in Cucuta. - Provide temporary housing, and help to thrive
as is done by House of Hope in Porto Velho and the Multicultural Family Service Center in Ansan. - Provide health care
like Adelante Community Health Center is doing in Chicago. - Assist with filling out forms and with other needs
like ADRA’s “Kleiderkammer” center is doing in Vienna. - Offer children access to Adventist education
as has been done by the Adventist Learning Center in Beirut, Lebanon. - Offer language classesas is done by the Hope Center in Bremen, Germany, and the Hope Center in Cairo, Egypt.
- Train immigrants in job skills
as is being done by the Hope for Immigrants Educational Center in Bucharest, and by ADRA in Salvador. - Help with legal assessments
like the Chinese Community Center in Tegucigalpa. - Create an after-school program for immigrant kids
like the El Monte Adventist Church in the greater Los Angeles region, and Simplicity Mission in Allentown.