Empowering LGBTQ+ Refugees on their Path to Safety

RAINBOW REFUGEE  is a Vancouver organization founded in 2000 to promote safe, equitable migration and communities of belonging for people fleeing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or HIV status.  Rainbow Refugee provides support, information, and system navigation to refugees and refugee claimants seeking refugee status in Canada. Rainbow Refugee works in partnership with Immigration, Refugees Citizenship Canada 

RAINBOW BRIDGE is a Circle of Hope, created  within Rainbow Refugee, and we're currently sponsoring a large refugee family that includes children and a member of the LGBTQ community to settle in Vancouver. They have actively protested the Taliban regime and their lives are in danger.  The family has escaped Afghanistan, but are still not safe, and anxiously await our help to come to safety in Canada. 

Our Mission: to raise the funds and complete the paperwork necessary to bring the family here and support them for a year, finding housing and resettling. We are working hard to reach our goal of $120,000. We still need about $40,000.

How can you help: 

  • Can you hold even a small fundraiser? This could be as simple as a small dinner party where you invite donations, or even an email to your friends inviting donations.

  • Do you have storage space available?  We need a spot to stash donated items.

  • Can you make even a small donation? Just use the QR code at the bottom of this email, and remember that every dollar counts. You will get a tax receipt instantly.  

  • Can you donate goods that we can raffle or auction to raise money?

 Support women who are risking their lives to make a difference

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