Refugee Learning Center
Providing educational opportunities for refugees
A Path Towards Self-Sufficiency
The Refugee Learning Center is a set of programming that provides essential learning and life skills to refugees of all ages. Learning Center programs help refugees become more self-sufficient, acclimate to American culture and learn the English language. Volunteers are vital to these programs.
Learning Center Programs
Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas’ Refugee Learning Center provides the following services:
Services for Older Refugees
Refugee School Impact for Kids
Refugee School Impact for Adults
English Language Classes
Digital Access for Refugees
Cultural Orientation for Refugees
FAST FACTS: 2023
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377 Students
participated in English classes to help overcome language barriers that can lead to isolation and loss of job opportunities.
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1,348 Classes
1,348 English language classes, citizenship preparation classes and New Roots training classes were held to help refugees and immigrants acclimate to their new home.
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7,000+ Volunteers
helped carry out our mission this past fiscal year, generously donating 141,611 hours – a financial impact of over $4.5 million!
Hope Stories and Blog Posts about Our Refugee & Immigration Services
September 2023 Volunteer Opportunities
Organize a Food Drive Our food pantries are facing an urgent need for food. Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas relies heavily on donations to keep
New Roots Program Expands & Rebrands
In 2005, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas and Cultivate KC began a collaboration to support and train a group of Somali Bantu women about how
Academics & Acclimation: Refugee School Impact’s 2023 Summer Camp Program
This July our Refugee School Impact (RSI) Program hosted their annual summer enrichment program for newly arrived refugee children. Twenty-eight kids between the ages of
Contact Us
Use the form below to contact the Refugee Learning Center.
Please submit other questions to our general Contact Catholic Charities page.
Interested in volunteering with the Refugee Learning Center? Check out our Refugee Volunteer Opportunities!
