Shalom Community Impact Center

  • Basic Needs
  • Community
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Equality
  • Family
  • Immigrant/Refugee

Who We Are

Shalom started in 2010 as a fellowship of refugees worshiping in their native language and assisting each  other with daily life. Through this fellowship, it became  clear the need is great and resources can be difficult to  access for new Iowans. Pastor Eugene founded SCIC to support  refugees and immigrants with access to educational,  social, and economic upward mobility.

Our goal is to  love through service of others and to impact our  communities in positive, powerful, and lasting ways.

Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo has not changed. There are more than 2.5 million Congolese people displaced from their homes, villages, and cities. Many have suffered extreme trauma and human rights violations as a result of war, and more than half of them are children. Having had poor access to education, extreme food insecurity, and very little exposure to English, new Iowans from DRC and other countries face multiple barriers to services that make adjusting to their new home a challenge.

Shalom Community Impact Center seeks to face these challenges together with the people we serve. We work to help remove barriers to existing services and create additional culturally and linguistically appropriate services to help our new Iowans integrate successfully and flourish as new Americans.

What We Do

SCIC serve refugees, primarily people from the DRC, Rwanda and Afghanistan.  We have a preschool for 3-5 year olds, including a summer Pre-K class.  We have a summer program for students from 1st grade through 12th grade.  This program includes academic help, field trips including swimming, skating and sports along with many other activities.  We provide a free lunch for the preschool and summer program. 

SCIC also has an after school academic support program  This program meets at Shalom Community Covenant Church and is on Tuesday's and Thursdays. 

Adult English Learning Language classes are also provided.  We offer Beginning and Intermediate classes.  The preschool runs about the same times as the ELL classes so the parents can have their children in preschool while they are in their ELL class.

Details

Get Connected Icon (515) 393-9360
Get Connected Icon Leslie McCarthy
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http://shalomcommunityimpactcenter.org

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