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ALERT: World Refugee Day – June 20

Refugee youth athletes are running for their cause at the World Refugee Day 5k
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    Careers & Volunteering

    Will you join us? ARC teams are reimagining humanitarianism for the 21st Century. We are on a mission to transform our work to be more human, impactful, relevant and authentic. The world’s problems are tougher than ever, but we also see an unprecedented opportunity to bring a world full of amazing people together to work on these hard challenges.

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    Let’s Do Something

    ARC often hosts events and opportunities open to the public, and we speak to community groups all the time. We also love new ideas and the chance to work with new people and groups to make change in the world. You can find ways to get to know us and get involved or reach out to an ARC team member to simply ask a question or inquire about how we might work together.

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    Many Ways to Give

    We believe that giving is an incredibly personal experience – and that’s why people choose to give in so many different ways. But deciding how to give can also be an overwhelming experience. We’ve compiled some of the most common ways that people choose to support refugees and the American Refugee Committee. Please use the information provided as a guide but know that at the American Refugee Committee we remain open to new and different ways of giving.

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    About Us

    Co-creating With Amazing People

    American Refugee Committee is and always has been about amazing global citizens taking action to change our world. More than 35 years ago, Chicago businessman Neal Ball started ARC. He recruited a volunteer relief team who deployed to the Thai-Cambodian border. Even in the face of terrible tragedy, that first ARC team was characterized by their incredible energy and belief that anything was possible.

    Today, we’re facing challenging global humanitarian crises that require 21st Century solutions. But we’ve found that co-creating together with impassioned, dedicated people, limited only by their own imaginations, remains the key to designing new solutions that resonate. We still believe that ARC should exist, first and foremost, as a platform for realizing the goodwill of everyday people – people from Sweden to Somalia, Minnesota to Malaysia, Uganda to the U.S.

    We’ve found that something incredible will result as long as we begin the journey with amazing people, agree on a destination and move together towards it transparently and open to possibility.

    Our Mission

    ARC works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to refugees, displaced people and host communities. We help people survive conflict and crisis and rebuild lives of dignity, health, security and self-sufficiency. ARC is committed to the delivery of programs that ensure measurable quality and lasting impact for the people we serve.

    Our Vision

    Every person who participates in an ARC program or project will have a better chance to take control of their life and achieve self sufficiency.

    ARC Leadership

    Our Senior Management Team provides leadership and support to more than 2,000 staff around the world.

    Senior Management
    Daniel Wordsworth
    President and CEO
    Mark White
    Chief Financial Officer
    Sarah Hartman
    Vice President, Creative
    John Griffith
    Head, Global Operations
    Colleen Striegel
    Vice President, Human Resources and Administration
    Board of Directors
    Perry Witkin
    Chair
    Neal Ball
    Founder & Honorary Chair
    Ben Boyum
    Vice Chair
    Holly Robbins
    Secretary
    Mark Mortenson
    Treasurer
    Paul Bennett
    Ward Brehm
    John Gappa
    Imad Libbus
    Greg Page
    Maureen Reed
    Jay Shahidi
    Richard Voelbel
    Program Directors
    Abraham Leno
    Dem. Republic of Congo
    Adan Adar
    Somalia
    Dula James
    Darfur, Sudan
    Tariq Cheema
    Pakistan
    Bernad Ochieng
    Rwanda
    Randhir Singh
    South Sudan
    Fifi Sabang
    Thailand & Myanmar
    Mahmud Gaznabi
    Uganda

    2016 Annual Reportapthumb

    ARC’s Annual Report outlines the organization’s activities throughout the preceding year. Our annual report is intended to give refugees, donors, partners, stakeholders and other interested people information about ARC’s worldwide activities and financial performance.

    Past Annual Reports
    View or download our Annual Reports from recent years.
    2016 |2015 | 2014 | 2012-13 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

    Privacy Policy

    We take trust very seriously. When you share your personal information with ARC, we hold it dear and don’t share or sell it. It’s just that simple. Read our full privacy policy.

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