Volunteer Resources
Volunteering with refugees? Check out these useful resources:
- Checklist For Volunteers
- Communication with Your Team
- Empowering New Americans
- Energy Flyer
- English As You Go
- Free and Cheap Things to Do
- How to Engage Your Church
- How to Find a Job
- How You Can Help
- Language Cheat Sheet
- Matching Grant Program
- Promoting Self Sufficiency
- Teaching Self Sufficiency
- Websites for Refugee Organizations Worldwide
For some fantastic ESL curriculum to use with pre-literate and low-literacy level refugees, check out the “Tutor Resources” page on Literacy Connects website. We especially recommend looking at the following two resources when teaching English to refugee friends. (These handbooks are also found on the Literacy Connects website.)