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Thanks to CCC’s incredible volunteers, families are not alone as they navigate their new communities. 

12 newcomers from CCC’s refugee resettlement program are cooking their way to self-sufficiency

Werther Blanco is a natural storyteller.   Blanco, who lives and works in the Hampton Roads area, is an interpreter for Commonwealth...

In the fall of 2021, the Ishan family fled Afghanistan to seek safety in the United States.  CCC met them at the airport and supported...

Sona Rahmani lost everything when she fled her home in Afghanistan. As she builds a new life in Roanoke, she wants to remind fellow refugees

Roshan was 12 when the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Chaos and fear filled the streets. Twice the Taliban interrogated Roshan’s...

Just four years after arriving in the United States as a refugee from Afghanistan, Chef Hamidullah Noori opened his restaurant, The...

Antoine, a 20-year-old from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, spent most of his early life in a refugee camp in Tanzania where he and...

Now through November 22, all gifts of support for refugees will be matched dollar for dollar up to $50,000! Samim, once a refugee...

Sayyid, his parents, and three siblings arrived in the United States from Afghanistan in 2017. At the time, he was 14-years-old. CCC...

Abdul and Fatima came to Newport News from Afghanistan in August 2021. Their 10 children, six daughters and four sons ranging in ages...

As the first few weeks of the new year speed by, we've been reflecting on the accomplishments and challenges experienced in 2021. With...

When CCC’s Roanoke Refugee Resettlement Program Manager, Samim, was a child in Afghanistan he remembers seeing U.S. soldiers in his...

On October 22, 2021, Commonwealth Catholic Charities (CCC) will be presented with a $10,000 donation from Asian American Society of...

Benafsha came to the United States as a Special Immigrant Visa holder during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In coordination with U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, Commonwealth Catholic Charities (CCC) and other non-profit organizations...

Hertier is 19-years-old and a rising junior in high school. He was born in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Each June 20 on World Refugee Day, CCC celebrates the richness and diversity that refugees bring to America.

Olivier was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When he was nine, his family fled to Burundi because of war. They were resettled a

My name is A.S. I am 13 years old. I came to the United States in 3 years ago by a big plane, lots of miles, from my home country in Asia.