Friends of Refugees

Friends of Refugees, Inc. Operates programs that serve over 3,000 Refugees a year in the clarkston, Georgia area. Services provided through the organization's programs include: family literacy: provides english literacy education and life skills instruction for refugee women along with high quality early learning for their children under the age of 5. Embrace birth support: provides pre- and post-natal education and support to refugee women who are pregnant or new mothers. Youth programs: provides a summer camp for elementary and middle school students to experience arts and crafts, sports,field trips, group activities and mentoring. Community garden: provides garden plots and community space for Refugees to grow food for their families and sell produce for personal income. Start micro-enterprise clarkston: provides a business accelerator program encompassing training, mentoring, and access to funds to help launch new refugee-owned businesses; delivered in partnership with emory university's goizueta school of business. Program support: provides operational support to programs operated by the organization. Parwana: parawana equips women with the basic english speaking, listening, reading and writing skills needed to navigate life in the u.s., and to open opportunities and options for women by strengthening their communication skills, confidence, and community connections. During the year donated services for volunteer work in the amount of 33,393 were reflected within the audit in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; however are not included as revenue or expenses for income tax reporting purposes.