AFTER DECADES OF LIVING IN FEAR and persecution, thousands of Burma’s minority group refugees are finally living in peace and freedom throughout the United States. When the resettlement initiative was approved by the U.S. State Department in 2007, CFI successfully fought for the inclusion of Christian Karen and Karenni from Burma. We worked with Former First Lady Laura Bush to convince U.S. and U.N. officials that these people groups must be resettled. Moving CFI headquarters to Sault Ste. Marie, MI, we established the Freedom Inn in 2009, a renovated motel which became affordable housing for refugees from Burma.
160,000 refugees from Burma have resettled across the U.S.
Read more about one refugee’s journey from Burma to Buffalo, NY in an article from The Buffalo News. Photos from Thailand and Burma were taken last year on a CFI hosted trip.