Refugees and Immigrants

Get Involved: Volunteer!

The Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI) is looking for individuals who are willing to volunteer their time and talent at Refugee Resettlement Agencies to aide in the provision of services to refugees in need of intensive case management support, mentoring and family life skills and literacy training. These agencies serve clients from around the world including, Somali, Liberian, Meskhetian Turk and Burmese refugees (Please see www.unhcr.org to learn more about refugees). Volunteers are needed in the areas of intensive case management support, family life skills tutoring, literacy tutoring and child care support. Orientation and training will be provided for each volunteer.

Volunteers will work at one of the following Refugee Resettlement Agencies listed below. If interested in volunteering at any of these agencies, please click on the agency’s name to send an email or call the number provided.

• Catholic Charities of Boston
  75 Kneeland Street
  Boston
  617-451-7979

• Catholic Charities of Worcester
  10 Hammond Street
  Worcester
  508-798-0191

• International Institute of Boston
  One Milk Street, 4th Floor
  Boston
  617-695-9990

• International Rescue Committee
  162 Boylston Street, Suite #50
  Boston
  617-482-1154

• Jewish Family Services of Western MA
  15 Lenox Street
  Springfield
  413-737-2601

• Jewish Family and Children's Service
  1430 Main Street
  Waltham
  617-558-1267

• Jewish Family Service of Metro West
  475 Franklin Street, Suite# 101
  Framingham
  508-875-3100

• Lutheran Community Services of Southern New England (West Springfield)
  593 Main Street
  West Springfield
  413-787-0725

• Lutheran Community Services of Southern New England (Worcester)
  30 Harvard Street
  Worcester
  508-754-1121

• Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center
  31 Heath Street
  Jamaica Plain
  508-756-7557

• Refugee Immigration Ministry
  119 Exchange Street
  Malden
  781-322-1011