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WFI’s 2020 Annual Report
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WFI’s Video Recording 2020!
Did you miss our Annual Fundraiser? Want to watch the video recording featuring RZIM's Brandon Cleaver? Watch a short, fun clip of some of our clients, then purchase your ticket! Click here to purchase the recording Click here to purchase the recording Special thanks...
Annual Fundraiser with RZIM’s Brandon Cleaver
Purchase your tickets here before Oct. 10th. We're honored to have RZIM's Brandon Cleaver join us for our fall fundraiser this year. From Detroit and now on the RZIM team, he's someone you will want to meet. Thursday, October 22nd, from 7-8 pm at Westgate Chapel in...
What happened to WFI during COVID-19
Because of you, we’ll soon be serving more people
Anna looked like she would cry when we told her there is no space for her children in American School for Children. Not only did this negatively affect her children, she could not go to the adult English classes. They would remain isolated by their lack of English....
Empowering English Language Learners
We're honored to be featured for our work with English Language Learners.
Largest Church Offering
Our dream of a permanent home for all the programs of Water for Ishmael continues to take shape. We were absolutely floored that Findlay E-Free Church cared so much to adopt our building need as their special Christmas project. They raised $43,768! Did you know that...
More Motivated Students
The halls were filled with warm greetings and lots of hugs as women and children gathered to register for “Spring” classes. As of this writing, 44 ladies are enrolled for the current semester with 31 of their preschool children for our morning program. Our evening...
Water for Ishmael featured by Munn Wealth
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We hired a refugee!
“Haidar” was embedded with American troops as a translator when threats forced him and his family to flee. Little by little, Lucas County is becoming “home” for them. Everyone is learning English and “Haidar” is now enrolled at Owens College. We are excited to...
Kroger Rewards
You can donate 5% of all that you spend at Kroger just by signing up Water for Ishmael as your Kroger Rewards recipient. It's free to you and it benefits our refugee and immigrant students! So here's how you do it: If you don't have a card, go to Kroger and pick one...
They need a safe place…
Dear Friend of WFI: Recently, our staff spent some time reflecting on the 24 hours before Christ's death. Everything about it was dark and void of any hope. How could anyone in that moment have known that God was in complete control, achieving victory over death and...
We look horrible…
From a distance, we Americans can look horrible. Many international students come to the United States with a less than fantastic view of what Americans are like. Many have only seen what Americans are like through what their news highlights and the movies that come...