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SCHOOLS WELCOME REFUGEES
Teach a child to change the world by showing them how it’s done. Your school community has everything it takes to sponsor a refugee family – and we’ll help you along the way. Together, we’ll give a thousand families a new start in Canada.
Schools Welcome Refugees was formed to support and encourage school communities that are looking to sponsor refugee families. We’ll share our learning and resources about raising funds, putting together an application and assisting with the settlement of refugee families.
Are you a parent student or teacher interested in your school community sponsoring a family? Is your school group already engaged in the process? Please take a minute and let us know so that we can recognize your efforts and help you along. We believe 1000 schools across Canada could commit to sponsoring refugee families much like church communities did in the 1970s and 1980s, and are doing today. Could your school community support a family? There are tools and resources available on this website to help you get started. Please share freely with your school community.
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December 8, 2015
Toronto's Dewson Public School has raised money to sponsor a Syrian family. They've also sent the family a very Canadian welcome message - and the family sent their response.
Watch this sweet story on CBC's The National here.
December 3, 2015
Kids welcome Syrian refugees with messages ‘from the heart’. More than 20 Toronto schools taking part in effort to make cards for refugees coming to Canada.
Read the Toronto Star article here
November 23, 2015
Sunalta School in Calgary kicks off its campaign to sponsor a refugee family in a novel way.
Watch the CBC newsclip here