Give the gift of safety this Giving Tuesday. The outbreak of Covid-19 has exacerbated the harm to refugees caused by the anti-immigrant policies of the Trump administration. Immigration court backlogs have nearly doubled in the last four years, now totaling 1.2 million. Immigration courts are beginning to reopen at the same time as Biden has pledged to raise the refugee ceiling from 15,000 to 125,000. 2021 will see a sharp uptick in the urgent demand for accurate translated documents, without which refugees cannot share their stories to the court that will decide whether they can stay in the country. We are actively growing our capacity to meet this critical need and we invite you to join us in the process. 

Our end of year campaign supports an ongoing process to build a reserve fund to pay our translators, some of whom are refugees themselves, and supports us to strengthen our organization, as we build collaboratively with immigration service providers to meet an unprecedented scope of need.  We have expanded our language capabilities to include Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Spanish, Swedish, and Urdu alongside Arabic, French, German, Greek, and Turkish. 

Many barriers stand between asylum seekers and safety. By providing free translation services to refugees, we are ensuring that document translation is not one of them. 

Your donation to our Giving Tuesday campaign counts twice because an anonymous donor has pledged to meet the first $4000 in donations. Our fundraising goal this Giving Tuesday is $10,000. Please help us provide translation to refugees. 

Through your support we have provided much-needed translation services to over 210 families and individuals from 12 countries. Your contributions have led to the safe resettlement of over 80 individuals and yielded at least 20 successful asylum application grants with many more still under review.

We’re so close! Today is the last day of our fundraiser. Can you help us reach our goal?

Our mission depends on donations, which we use to pay our translators to provide refugees with fast and professional translations.

Since we began in 2017, we’ve helped over 200 families and individuals. At least 11 families and individuals that we supported have been granted asylum and over 80 people have been successfully resettled out of refugee camps.

Your support made this happen! Thank you to everyone who has donated to this campaign and others. We couldn’t do it without you!

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2020 has been particularly hard for refugees. Covid has delayed asylum applications and closed borders, while the rising tide of xenophobia has emboldened governments to separate and abandon families at the border, and leave imperiled boats stranded at sea. The Refugee Translation Project is rising to the challenge to help refugees reach safety. You can join us in that mission by helping us surpass the goal of our current campaign. We have less than two weeks to reach our goal – can you help out?

Translation plays a crucial role in an application for asylum because it is the only mechanism by which a refugee can convey their experiences accurately to a court or immigration officer. Without access to translation, a refugee’s application cannot be processed, their case may be rejected – oftentimes with life or death consequences. In the past few months we have been beefing up our operational structure and expanding our work to serve more people. We have secured tax exempt non-profit status with a fiscal sponsor, Angels for Angels, and brought on board a part time director of operations and development, Marisa Day, to help us sustainably create a long-lasting project to benefit refugees for years to come.

Your support goes directly to the Refugee Translation Project’s mission to ensure every asylum applicant has access to professional translation. Each dollar brings us closer to a world where people can live free from oppression and fear. Please join us in our work.