Detention relief

Refugees can be held indefinitely in a detention center. There are three areas that we focus on to bring relief:

• IDC Visits  - LRI facilitates visits to the detention center by coordinating a shared document to ensure refugees are being visited. We also help people bring food, water, and toiletries to those inside, and reunite families who are separated. 

• IDC Cooking Program - Through our Cooking Program, refugee mothers, whose husbands are detained, cook food for detainees. The meals are a source of nutrition and provide a taste of home for those in detention. This program empowers women to provide for their families. 

• IDC Bail - Bail is possible and Life Raft focuses on family reunification. A bond must be posted as part of the bail process which allows refugee detainees to live outside of the detention centers.

Give hope to a refugee family

To give online, follow the instructions below.  

To give via mail, send checks to: 

Life Raft International, Inc.
PO Box 115
Lincoln, VA 20160 

Please make payable to “Life Raft International.”