The World Grace Project empowers ethnic leaders and brings a voice to the cultural community of the Cedar Valley through positive, engaging community outreach projects and provides essential care to refugees. Will you join us?
Would you help us reach others? Our essential social services allow us to connect regularly and understand the needs of the marginalized communities we serve. Also, to teach our newcomers about processes, paperwork, and life skills in the United States. Most importantly, it provides wrap-around compassion and accountability to move refugees forward in their new life.
“Services allow non-English speakers to feel a sense of belonging and matter in this community/country while we continue to learn new skills.”
“I don’t have to worry about not having an interpreter or calling the wrong people. Without the service, I won’t know who to turn to and get help. I probably just leave all the emails or what needed to get done due to a lack of knowledge on how to process it. I’m very grateful for the service.”
“I’m not proficient in English so the service is an extremely helpful place where I can get my mail, government forms, phone calls, etc to get it done."
Can you help our kids grow this school year? Forty-six percent of refugee clients we serve were involved in agriculture before they traveled to the United States, inspiring our garden project. In the spring of 2022, we built 21 Life Gardens (soilless gardens) and deployed them immediately in 17 Waterloo elementary classrooms. In their classrooms, three hundred fifty-seven students grew over four hundred heads of lettuce to inspire healthy eating outcomes and future culture connections.
"I love growing salad!"
"Our lettuce made the room smell nice!"
"Wow, this is really good. I have never had lettuce like this before."
AmeriCorps VISTA supports organizations to make sustainable change in areas that effect poverty, including education, public health, climate, access to benefits, and more. Through activities such as fundraising, grant writing, research, and volunteer recruitment, we are able to help our Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) gain professional experience and leadership skills.
