3 Refugee Families Need Your Help Now

3 Refugee Families Need Your Help Now

Three refugee families - 21 people including infants, toddlers, elderly, a widower with five children, working parents – were all made homeless on Saturday, June 5th when lightning struck their apartment building. Firefighters were able to put out the fire and fortunately, all the residents in the building were unharmed – but the fragile life these refugees had begun to build in Providence was lost.
All three families have been resettled with the help of IIRI within the last year. They come from Burma, Equatorial Guinea, and Eritrea. These people were forced from their home countries by political terror and unrest. They had begun their new lives – schools for the children, learning English, finding jobs – but now they face a second tragedy – a house fire.
These refugee families need your help now! IIRI staff is busy finding new homes for these families so they can get back to school and work. We need to re-equip apartments with furniture and household goods.


What can you do? Please donate:
Furniture and household goods – contact Mary Ellen Lynch or 784-8649. A list of items needed.
Gift cards (especially Wal-mart, Kmart, Stop & Shop, Price Rite, Job Lot) – send or drop off at IIRI, 645 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907, ATTN: RR Fire
Financial Contributions - Checks can be made out to IIRI and mailed or dropped off at the above address. Or donate online. (Please note: RR Fire on check or online.)


Thank you for your continued compassion and support for our Refugee families.