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Helping Refugees Navigate Public Transit

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ORGANIZATION: Kentucky Refugee Ministries

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As refugees resettle in Kentucky, one of the key challenges they face is navigating their new environment without a car. Learning how to use public transportation is a crucial step toward becoming self-sufficient and independent. Volunteers are needed to assist refugee clients in learning how to use the TANK transit system, enabling them to access essential services and job opportunities.

Volunteers will meet clients at their homes and guide them through the process of using public buses to travel to important destinations, such as the grocery store, the KRM office, English classes, and local employment centers. The volunteer will demonstrate how to plan routes, read schedules, and pay fares, ensuring clients feel confident using the bus system on their own.

This hands-on support will help refugees gain mobility and independence, contributing to their successful integration into their new community. Join us in making a meaningful impact by teaching refugees how to navigate their new home!

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About Kentucky Refugee Ministries

Location:

632 Russell Street, Covington, KY 41011, US

Mission Statement

Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc. (KRM), a non-profit organization, is dedicated to providing resettlement services to refugees through faith- and agency-based co-sponsorship in order to promote self-sufficiency and successful integration into our community. KRM is committed to offering access to community resources and opportunities and to promoting awareness of diversity for the benefit of the whole community.

Description

Our Vision:

  • To compassionately welcome and serve the world’s displaced people.
  • To encourage the hope that lives within each human being by providing an atmosphere of hospitality, responsiveness, mutual respect, trust and tolerance.
  • To be known for our reliability, resourcefulness, partnerships and comprehensive services.

Each refugee welcomed through KRM receives access to comprehensive services to empower them to make Kentucky home. Our Louisville, Lexington, and Northern Kentucky offices operate as a local affiliate of a national resettlement agency, Church World Service.

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Community
Immigrants & Refugees
Advocacy & Human Rights, Community, Immigrants & Refugees

WHEN

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WHERE

Covington, KY 41011

(39.07303,-84.52746)
 

SKILLS

  • Cross-cultural Communication
  • People Skills
  • Relationship Building
  • Verbal / Written Communication

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • 2 hours
  • COVID-19 Vaccination

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