These stories are from Migros Mentors (volunteers) who serve refugees in our city through Migros Aid. These stories are from Jan-March 2024. Contact us to get involved and help make a difference!
Several mentors pick up students and drive them to Migros Aid Academy each week, building relationships with them
A mentor is teaching a 7th grader to read. He has been in the US for 4 years but only knows a few letters of the alphabet.
A mentor frequently invites teen boys to his house to earn money by doing some work or just come and hang out, do some homework, have a meal, and watch some TV.
A mentor takes a Congolese husband and wife to English classes twice a week. They are working toward US citizenship.
A mentor at Migros Aid Academy enjoyed looking at and discussing Afghanistan this week with an Afghan girl! The mentor reported, “It was fun to see her face light up when we found pictures online and it helped her open up. She is normally quiet when I work with her, but once we were talking about the pictures she was working really hard to use all of her vocabulary to tell me about her family and her home.”
A small group leader at CARE Club was encouraged to see a 16-year-old boy attend our weekly leadership training consistently and participate positively in discussions. This young man has been in trouble with the law repeatedly and has dropped out of school.
A mentor took Afghan students to a nearby park on a spring day
Two tutors took 2 Tanzanian children to Burger King. The little boy asked to pray so he could thank God for the food and his tutors.
A mentor took a 7th-grade girl to get a sports physical so she could be on the track team at school (because her parents sleep during the day because they work overnight at a warehouse)
A mentor took a middle school girl to the optometrist and found out that her eyesight was very poor. The girl got a free pair of glasses and was amazed at the difference. She said that she didn’t know people could see that well.
A mentor took bags of books to several families over Spring Break so the students would have something to read while they were off school.
Three mentors took six siblings to a Mexican restaurant for dinner to celebrate them completing our “I Am a Leader” 10-week series.
Several mentors deliver winter coats to more than refugee families between December and February
Mentor buys diapers for a woman whose husband was deported on his way to work, leaving his wife and two young children here alone
Mentor takes 20-year-old African woman to Ivy Tech to speak to an admissions officer about a plan to complete a CNA program
A tutor meets weekly with an Afghan man and his two teen daughters to work on English skills
