These services enable refugees to meet their basic survival needs, especially for newly arrived clients. They also prepare clients to become both economically and socially self-sufficient in their new homeland.
Mentors provide support in adjusting to the American culture and institutions.
1,588 clients in Fairfax County have received resettlement assistance such as housing, counseling, life skills, cross-cultural orientation, ESL training, mentoring, job search and placement. During the past two years cross-cultural orientation was provided in other states such as Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Oregon, Washington State, Missouri, and elsewhere. KHRW began its first Kurdish community building project in September of 1996. Since then KHRW has conducted a second Community Organizing project for assisting and strengthening all Kurdish refugee communities throughout the United States, including the Kurdish communities in Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, California and Oregon. Thus far, KHRW has conducted seminars with Kurdish communities throughout the United States, conducted needs assessments and assisted them in preparing community empowerment and economic self-sufficiency plans.