Our client Silvia was recently granted asylum in the US!
 
Faced with over 40 pages of documents that needed translation, which would have cost upwards of $1800 commercially, TakeRoot Justice reached out to the Refugee Translation Project. We provided the translations of these documents for Silvia’s asylum application free of charge, which was only possible thanks to the generous support of our donors. We were thrilled to learn that Silvia was granted asylum last month, allowing her to finally find peace and safety.
 
The Refugee Translation Project is committed to providing free and timely services to our clients, which play an instrumental role in positive asylum outcomes. Our current Summer of Refuge fundraising campaign supports our continuing efforts to provide these crucial services to more asylum seekers. 

More than 90,000 asylum seekers have arrived in New York City since the spring of 2022. That’s an average of 300-500 people arriving in the city each day! Please support the Refugee Translation Project to meet the deluge of requests we receive from people staying in City-run shelters and hotels. 

Nonprofits and city agencies are scrambling to provide resources and legal aid to the 56,000 asylum seekers in New York City’s care to stabilize their lives during this unprecedented crisis. We are stretching our capacity as we assist our fellow nonprofits and unsupported individuals with translation. 

Our Summer of Refuge Campaign is essential. Our resources are tapped to meet requests pouring in locally in addition to our ongoing work translating documents for asylum seekers nationwide. Free professional translations to individuals and families seeking asylum here in New York and across the country are crucial step toward freedom and safety for all.

Do you want to help end immigrant poverty? Develop valuable nonprofit skills and experience? Give back to the community? Support an organization working with the immigrant and refugee community members? If so, apply today to the NYIC VISTA, Fundraising and Operations position being hosted by Refugee Translation Project (RTP)!

NYIC VISTAs are AmeriCorps VISTAs who – through the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) – engage in a year of full-time paraprofessional service at a nonprofit host organization, where they work on capacity-building projects that support their host in being able to carry out immigrant-focused anti-poverty programs and services.

The NYIC VISTA at RTP will:

• be full-time for 12 months;
   
• and will work on fundraising (e.g., event planning, grant applications, donor mailings) and operations (e.g., internal systems, resources, trainings for staff) in support of the our direct service/programmatic work.
  

To learn more information about this position and apply, please click here.