Friends of Refugees

A unique partnership with Emory Goizueta Business School, Start:ME helps launch 16 new businesses in Clarkston every year. We provide 14 weeks of intensive training with 30 skilled volunteer mentors.

This program guides refugee youth from elementary through adolescence, helping them navigate the challenges of growing up in resource-poor environments and connecting them to a bright future. Students receive wraparound support that fosters whole-person well-being, educational enrichment, social skills development, and life skills training.

RFL is a two-generation school that teaches English literacy to mothers while offering a school-readiness environment to their children ages birth to four, alongside wraparound family support. We teach generational learning together to promote lifelong, familial language and connection.

Parwana equips pre-literate women with the basic English speaking, listening, reading and writing skills needed to navigate life in the US, and to open opportunities and options for women by strengthening their communication skills, confidence, and community connections.

The garden provides plots for 70+ families, offering growers 55+ seed varieties of fruits, vegetables, and herbs native to their home countries and Georgia. The garden also hosts our Growing Leaders program where 3-5 refugee high school students participate in a year-long internship, gaining experience in leadership, project management, teamwork, and receiving mentorship in financial literacy, college, and career preparation.

Embrace promotes healthy births and healthy moms by offering accessible, comprehensive birth support services to refugee women: evidence-based education; trained support to increase access to prenatal care and patient advocacy; postpartum “Mom’s Circles” calls and home visits; and training for New Americans to provide healthy birth services in their community.