Roots Reunited Refugee Sponsorship Group
We are a group of Victoria residents who are sponsoring a large refugee family from the Middle East. In 2018, a refugee family arrived in Victoria, leaving behind extended family who had also fled the unrest of their home country. Due to the nature of refugee resettlement, there was no guarantee that any of their extended family would ever resettle in Canada. We have chosen to sponsor some of this family’s relatives – thereby reuniting sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. This rare opportunity for families separated by war to be reunited and once again share their lives, holidays, milestones, and celebrations, can only be made possible with support from our community.
Our commitment, with the support of the Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) is to sponsor a large family consisting of a single mother, her small children, and two adult children. We are committed to providing for the family’s resettlement needs through their first year in Victoria.