Homes Not Borders

Provides refugees and forced migrants in the DC area with what they need to thrive and feel at home.

06/22/2026

Thank you to all who helped buy food from our Walmart Wishlist to help support all refugees HNB serves who lost their SNAP benefits. We are so close to covering all the food for a month for the 45 families we serve!

So please help us with one last push to buy up the remaining oil, rice, lentils, dried beans and pasta. Shop today: https://www.walmart.com/registry/RR/e78194b9-a1ac-4ea2-b94d-d7912de228d1

06/20/2026

It means a lot that invited Homes Not Borders to be part of their World Refugee Day event, built around the theme of food and resilience (so apropos for our FAR program!) 🍲

Because a meal is never just a meal. It's the smell, tastes, and texture of the familiar and of the country lost, the table where a family rebuilds after everything else has changed. For refugees starting over in a new country, food is memory, comfort, and resilience all at once.

Thank you, Accenture, for making space for these stories — because when someone tells you their own story, in their own words, something shifts. A stranger becomes a neighbor. Distance becomes empathy.

Happy World Refugee Day. 🌍

06/17/2026

This World Refugee Day (June 20th), refugee families in our community our facing a real gap. 🌍
Federal SNAP cuts stripped food benefits from refugees without green cards — which they can't even apply for in their first year here (and BTW the feds are refusing to process them rn so it's a Catch 22). So Homes Not Borders stepped in. Last month, our Food Assistance for Refugees program fed 47 families: 197 people.
Help us keep rice, flour, lentils, and oil on their tables. Link below to buy staple foods or shop our Walmart Wishlist. 🛒

https://www.walmart.com/registry/RR/e78194b9-a1ac-4ea2-b94d-d7912de228d1

06/03/2026

Our "queen of cats" storyteller, Amandine, uses the metaphor of leaving a beloved pet for leaving her home country forever after it passed a restrictive anti-LGBTQ+ law when she was 12 years old. Her parents told her that she was going on vacation for the summer at her aunt's house in France but then she never came back. So many thanks to Maret School for hosting Amandine, Homes Not Borders and making space for her story!

06/01/2026

Oden is a bit shy, but liked the bed Homes Not Borders set up for him. He, his sister, mom and dad are from Ukraine and needed furniture to truly feel at home.

05/20/2026

In partnership with International, Homes Not Borders is doing a workshop at Courage Together: An Evening of Arts and Culture Honoring Refugees and Displaced People, on Thursday June 18, 2026 in downtown Washington, DC.

Hosted by Refugees International as part of Refugee Week USA 2026, the event will feature arts workshops, performances by award-winning poets, musicians, and storytellers including Safia Elhillo, Maimouna “Mumu Fresh” Youssef, Emi Mahmoud, the Refugee Storytellers Collective, and more.

In a time when communities face growing challenges and refugee and humanitarian support systems are increasingly strained, we gather to honor the creativity and cultural expression of refugees and displaced people and to celebrate how their artistic voices shape and enrich our shared world.

Thursday, June 18, 2026

5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Doors Open: 5:00 p.m.

Pre-show Workshops: 5:30 to 6:20 p.m.

Performances: 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

1800 M Street NW
Washington, DC

(Walking distance from Dupont Circle and Farragut North Metro Stations)

Get tickets at:
https://give.refugeesinternational.org/a/couragetogether

05/18/2026

Homes Not Borders and Tilden House Studio are hosting a Fabric Stash Sale!

When: Saturday, May 30, 2026 from 12-4pm
Where: Brentwood Community Center, 4300 39th Place, Brentwood, MD 20722

Entry tickets

Hundreds of yards of fabrics plus sewing notions, patterns, and supplies will be available for sale at bargain prices. All sales benefit the artisan vocational programs at Homes Not Borders, a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Prince George's County that serves refugees living in our region. You’ll also have an opportunity to meet artisans in HNB’s programs and see their amazing work!

Donations and volunteers are welcome! Donors will receive free admission plus a 20% discount coupon and volunteers receive free admission and a 50% discount.

05/09/2026

We are grateful to the BitterSweet Monthly team for their thoughtful storytelling and for helping elevate the voices and experiences of the families we serve.

Watch the video here:
https://vimeo.com/1188497833/1e1b50dc2e?fl=pl&fe=vl

05/07/2026

One of the cuter set of donors we've met were the kind, curious kids at Monocacy Elementary School, at the Celebration. These kids had a great experience with , which provides kids with the learning experiences and tools for a lifetime of meaningful and impactful giving. After researching area nonprofits, the kids chose Homes Not Borders to receive a $1000 grant from the Giving Square. It's so awesome to teach kids to be philanthropists at such a young age and we are honored that they recognized the need in the refugee community of the DMV these days. Way to go Monocacy and TYSM to The Giving Square!

04/24/2026

Homes Not Borders is in Baltimore this weekend! Join us at Johns Hopkins Spring Fair at 3401 Charlies St on the Homewood campus on Saturday, April 25 from 11 to 6. We're seeing artisan items, including custom bags from donated ties. Many thanks to the Hopkins community for inviting us!

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3610 East Street
Riverdale Park, MD
20785

Website

http://www.homesnotborders.org/

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