Interfaith Partnership for Refugee Resettlement

About Interfaith Partnership for Refugee Resettlement

We are people of many faith communities who have joined together to resettle a refugee family in the Newtown, CT area. Working with IRIS (Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services), we are committed to welcoming a family, getting them settled into a home, enrolling them in school, and helping them to find employment as they start their new life in Connecticut.

Volunteer Opportunities

We encourage people from throughout the greater Danbury area to help us welcome and settle the refugee family. If you missed our volunteer training programs, you can watch them online.

Make a Donation

Donate goods and materials: The family will need many household and personal items. See what they need and sign up through: SignUpGenius.

Donate money: Your donation will help cover expenses to get the family settled. This includes things like a security deposit and a couple months rent on an apartment or house, furnishings, supplies, clothing, phone service, and groceries. 100% of donations go towards the needs of the family.
Donate now through PayPal:

To make a donation by check, please make it out to The Unity Project and put IPRR Refugee Resettlement in the memo line.
Mail to The Unity Project, PO Box 103, Newtown, CT 06470

IPRR in the News

Danbury News-Times: Group forms to welcome refugees
by Mackenzie Rigg and Rob Ryser on August 31, 2016
NEWTOWN - The Syrian refugee crisis has sharply divided politicians, but it is having an opposite effect for some greater Danburians, who are coming together to make new lives in America a reality for immigrants.

Residents who might not ordinarily mingle are finding they have common ground when it comes to building a support network for families fleeing (continue reading)

The Newtown Bee: Heroes at our doorstep
Editorial on August 11, 2016
We think of courage as a characteristic defined by bold action beyond the parameters of what we consider normal. We assign it to those who mentally or physically take on that which would make others shudder or turn away. Those whom we consider courageous may be labeled heroes or heroines — and we do not have to look far to find these legends.

There are heroes right here in town. Not surprisingly, some of them are veterans of war. Many are everyday heroes (continue reading)

The Newtown Bee: Offering hope to strangers
by Shannon Hicks on August 7, 2016
While politics on the national level may have taken over many headlines in recent weeks, an international crisis is still being watched by many people around the world.

A small but growing group of people in Newtown are still watching the humanitarian crisis that has been unfolding overseas in recent years. In particular, these people have been touched enough by the Syrian refugee crisis that (continue reading)