Transforming Lives, One Child at a Time

Our Mission:

At Refugee Resources, we serve refugee families in Dallas, Texas, sharing the transformative hope of the Gospel by meeting both physical and spiritual needs.

The Reading Circle equips students and their families with foundation literacy skills while fostering meaningful, Christ - centered mentor relationships.

It is structured to provide our students with individualized instruction from a consistent weekly mentor/literacy coach. Students are informally assessed by his/her mentor and shared with the student as they progress through the decodable books, oral fluency and leveled readers. Each students’ progress is monitored through the program.

The Preschool Circle is a nurturing, weekly program designed for refugee children ages 2-5. Through themed play and caring mentorship, we build early literacy, math, motor, and school readiness skills — laying the foundation for lifelong learning.

Latest Blog -Seeing People in the Image of God

For more than ten years, I have had the joy and blessing of serving at Reading Circle. What began simply as a volunteer project to help refugee children and give back to my community gradually transformed into a weekly routine that shifted my entire understanding of how to help those in need. Being involved with Reading Circle has taught me that the best way to show God’s love and compassion to others is by truly getting to know them as individuals—seeing them as people made in the image of God. I have realized this is the single best way to break down biases and preconceived ideas about any group of people.

Every week, I get to step into the lives of these students. I learn what they love, what troubles them, how they are doing in school, and how their families are faring. Other times, we simply laugh and giggle together as they share about their day. Through these relationships, I’ve learned that many of these children come from hard-working parents who often juggle two jobs just to support their households. Like any parents, they want the best for their children, especially when it comes to academic opportunities.

God has used this ministry to deepen my understanding of the challenges refugees and immigrants face—both in their homelands and here in the United States. Many families leave their home countries due to political oppression, death threats, and extreme poverty, coming here in search of a safer, better life. Despite everything they have endured, they are remarkably resilient, courageous, and grateful. God holds a special place in His heart for the foreigner, reminding us in Matthew 25:35: “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.” God clearly calls us to love and meet the needs of refugees and immigrants in our communities.