New name.
Same mission.
LIRS is now Global Refuge.
Welcoming newcomers since 1939.
See Our EvolutionLIRS is now Global Refuge.
Welcoming newcomers since 1939.
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Olesia came to the United States with nothing but a small bag and her six-year-old daughter, Kira, in tow.
Experience the StoryEvery person has a story. We invite you to learn from the resilient people who have shared theirs with us.
One year after the war in Ukraine began, Global Refuge staff traveled to Philadelphia to meet some of the Ukrainians who have been served by our partner office, Bethany Christian Services.
When the Yemelianova family's journey to the United States was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they had no idea they would find themselves fleeing a country at war only two years later.
The Forgione family first met Oleh in 2016 as part of an international exchange program before welcoming him into their home after the war in Ukraine broke out.
Olesia came to the United States with nothing but a small bag and her six-year-old daughter, Kira, in tow.
Tatiana fled the war in Ukraine with little more than the clothes on her back and her eight-year-old son's hand in hers.
After Viktoriia fled Ukraine, she spent several months in Europe waiting for a chance to reunite with family in the U.S. While there, she found a surprising way to support herself.
When the war broke out in Ukraine, Liubov Hromova was forced to pack four generations of her family into a car and flee, leaving a lifetime of memories behind.