Our sponsored refugee will arrive mid April.

Dear friends of the James Bay Refugee Initiative –

We are delighted and relieved to be able to give you the news for which we’ve been waiting for so long. The refugee we are sponsoring will arrive in Victoria in mid-April! Once she arrives in Canada she is no longer a refugee but will instead be a newcomer, a permanent resident of Canada - part of the fabric of life in Victoria.

In the many months since we first met at James Bay United Church in December 2015 you have shown welcome, compassion and generosity. We are very grateful.

Aleksa Harkness

For the James Bay Refugee Initiative