One Stranger’s Story

“Thank you.”  It’s probably the one sentence we hear most often these days at Water For Ishmael. Rafi’s two teenage boys had been coming home from school every day with that “deer in headlights” look.  Since they arrived in the US in June, they had managed to learn...

National Public Radio came to Toledo!

Right behind two new Syrian refugee families that came to our school was NPR! They have been focusing on the Syrian refugee crisis and learning more about refugee resettlement in the US. The host of “All Things Considered”, Air Shapiro and a few others...

Come away with me.

“The apostles gathered around Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’ ”...

Staff and clients working for the good of others

There’s a common thread that runs within the refugees and internationals that we work with. They want to give back! They want to help others the way that they have been helped. In the picture, we have Ted and Jeremy, our American School Evening instructors...

WFI wins an Award!

Every year, the Toledo Community Foundation awards one small organization a Nonprofit Excellence Award. There were 19 organizations competing for this award. As you can probably guess where we are going with this, we won! This is a milestone achievement in the life of...