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. 

This year’s World Refugee Day falls in the middle of a great struggle for human dignity. Masses of people have taken to the streets across the globe calling for racial justice, police and government accountability, and the destruction of racist and dehumanizing iconography. This dehumanization is what allows racism and oppression to thrive. How can you cage someone you consider an equal?  How can you torture someone you consider an equal? How can you kneel on the neck of someone you consider an equal? Dehumanization and the denial of human dignity have enabled the world’s greatest atrocities. This is our moment as humans to stem the tide of oppression and restore dignity to those who have suffered too long. The Refugee Translation Project stands with Black Lives Matters and all movements committed to the sanctity of Black and brown people, so many of whom are refugees, like our clients from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Egypt, Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo.

The pandemic and police violence have shed light on the inequalities that often lead to forced migration. Your support of the Refugee Translation Project saves lives and brings us closer to a world where people can live free from oppression and fear. In honor of World Refugee Day please join us in our work.