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Refugee arrival in Canada

Celebrate the success of our refugee support team

Refugee Support Team is happy to update the congregation on the many successes of the refugee families whom we have been assisting (a total of five families!). We are grateful for the continued generous practical and financial support of our congregation…

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2020-08-11 Refugee Family arrive in Canada

The Barsoum family has arrived in Toronto!

On August 11, 2020 refugees Lahdo, Naila, and Fadi Barsoum were greeted by their sponsoring relatives Rita and Fayes Nissan, and members of MLC's Refugee Support Team. The Barsoums fled Syria to Lebanon in 2013. They survived the devastating Beirut…

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Thank you for Supporting the Kifle Family!

Update on December 11, 2018: Thanks to your support, we have met our goal to raise $20,000 in order to sponsor the Kifle family. We thank everyone who has helped and donated.  Extended Community Refugee Sponsor Group- Tewelde Fesshastian, Christ…

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Join the Christmas Bazaar Helpers

The MLC Refugee Support Team is looking for organizers for this year's Christmas Bazaar on the first of Advent (Sunday the 2nd December 2018). We have committed to sponsoring a family of six from Eritrea and are looking to fundraise…

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Refugee Sponsorship: What’s New?

Update April 2016- Thank you messages from Mary and Ritta: My name is Mary. My family (James, Salwa, Andreh) and I were displaced from our country (Syria) because of war. We stayed in Lebanon for three years, among hundreds of…

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