Our Charitable Programs
Child Sponsorship
Children are placed in permanent foster homes, receiving food, education, vocational training, clothing, and medical care. In addition, we provide mosquito nets, mattresses, hygiene products, birthday and Christmas celebrations, and much more.
Project 35
Through Project 35, we prepare delicious and nutritious meals three times a week for high-risk, vulnerable children living on and soliciting food on the streets of Kamina.
High School and College Scholarships
We are committed to helping children attend school and graduate. Donate today so that Congo children will receive a quality education to fuel their future.
Live Well: Water Well Program
The need for clean water is paramount throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the United Nations, half of Congo’s 80 million population have no access to safe drinking water. There have been deaths attributed to waterborne illness, including cholera, typhoid, and dysentery. At any given time, 1 in 5 children is sick with a deadly waterborne illness.
Malnourished Pregnant Women Program
In the city of Kamina, 7 out of 10 pregnant women are severely malnourished. The lack of adequate nutrients during pregnancy leads to a multitude of complications, including high rates of mother and infant mortality. To thwart the rising number of orphaned infants, our organization partners with the local pregnant women and women’s healthcare providers.
Women’s Empowerment Program
Just like women in many developing countries, the women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo often carry a heavy burden. We are committed to empowering women by funding various grassroots and small business initiatives. Through this program, they will undergo job training and be provided with support on small business development.
Community Farming Program
Basic farming equipment is key to helping communities maximize their productivity. Through our Community Farming Program, we empower families to have enough for food for today and tomorrow. We’re fighting hunger by providing local communities with farming tools, seeds, and water. Aside from that, we train individuals on sustainable farming practices and advocate for safer communities. We have also opened a Public Agricultural Tool library where people can check out tools for free.
Livestock Development
Your donations will help us in purchasing goats (one female goat costs $78). These are given to pre-screened families in the community. In exchange, the families must give one offspring back to our organization within one year. This will then be passed on to other families. We thank those who have already contributed to this program.
Vocational Training
Let us help the less fortunate in gaining skills that can help them. At our carpentry program, we will give them career training and constructive afterschool activities to enhance their entrepreneurial skills, teamwork, mentorship opportunities. Young boys attend workshops and learn woodworking skills. Eventually, all participants will know how to build and repair furniture pieces. Teenage girls and women come to the VET Sewing Shop to learn seamstress skills, and many have already sewn full outfits. For more information regarding this matter, please give us a call at (541) 501‑2850.
People with Albinism Assistance Program
This program has been implemented to protect people with albinism from the effects of harmful sun rays, which leads to skin cancer. The City of Refuge International has been providing sunscreen lotions, lip balms, sunglasses, clothing, and other services for all people with Albinism to lessen the effects of the harmful sun rays that cause skin cancer.
If you can't contribute financially but still want to help, give us your cans and bottles instead!
You may bring your recyclable bottle-deposit eligible cans and bottles to Springfield Faith Center, 600 Hayden Bridge Way in Springfield, Oregon, on the first Sunday of each month between 9:00AM to 11:00AM. If you are interested in putting a can collection container at your business or workplace, please contact us at (541) 501‑2850.