—Cal Uomoto
Western Washington Director

Mission

World Relief Seattle seeks to be the hands, feet and face of Jesus Christ to refugees and immigrants, caring for their physical and spiritual needs.

What we do

We help refugees fleeing war, political and religious persecution begin new lives in the Puget Sound area. By collaborating with churches and volunteers, we seek to empower refugees to become productive citizens. Newly arrived families receive tools for self-suffiency:

• Help with housing
• Employment placement
• English Instruction
• Assistance with Green Card applications
• Citizenship instruction
• Ethnic church connections

Half of World Relief staff are former refugees.

History

In 1979 World Relief Seattle was begun to care for Vietnamese refugees fleeing to the United States. In over 25 years we have impacted the lives of 22,000 refugees and immigrants. In the past seven years, over 8,500 refugees have come through our office doors from: