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Refugees often struggle to get to jobs, school or the store without adequate transportation. But getting a driver’s license in Kansas City is hard enough without the added barriers of a new language and culture. That's where Justin Bilombele comes in.
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About 250 attended the event to help Noel, Missouri-based RAISE, raise over $10k of the $14,500 cost of a driving simulator to help refugees earn their driver's licenses.
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The children and their families were relocated after the US announced it would end it’s 20-year war in Afghanistan
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70 additional refugees from Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan, and the Congo are expected to arrive in Joplin later this year
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Due to the influx of refugees RAISE increased their staff rom 6 to 20 part-timers in 2022
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Three Afghan refugees spoke Saturday about the process, leaving their country and starting over