Don Valley Refugee Resettlers

DVRR current member churches include Bayview United Church, Cummer Ave United Church, Forest Grove United Church, Lansing United Church, St. George on Yonge, St. Theodore of Canterbury Anglican Church, Taiwanese United Church and Willowdale Emmanuel United Church. DVRR also receives support from Iona Presbyterian Church. DVRR has been active for almost 30 years and has settled 88 people in 22 sponsorships. 

Our most recent sponsorship is a family of eight from Afghanistan. The brother of the mother of this family is a former DVRR sponsored refugee and he is contributing more than half of the cost for this sponsorship. We are halfway through the sponsorship of a young man from Syria and are also awaiting the arrival of an individual from Uganda whose travel was cancelled due to the pandemic.
The cost to sponsor a family of four is $35,000.00. We would like to thank all of our generous contributors, whether financially or with their time. Donations can be made by clicking the button below:
(Please enter DVRR in the "message" section)

DVRR current member churches include Bayview United Church, Cummer Ave United Church, Forest Grove United Church, Lansing United Church, St. George on Yonge, St. Theodore of Canterbury Anglican Church, Taiwanese United Church and Willowdale Emmanuel United Church. DVRR also receives support from Iona Presbyterian Church.  DVRR has been active for almost 30 years and has settled 88 people in 22 sponsorships. 


Our most recent sponsorship is a family of eight from Afghanistan. The brother of the mother of this family is a former DVRR sponsored refugee and he is contributing more than half of the cost for this sponsorship. We are halfway through the sponsorship of a young man from Syria and are also awaiting the arrival of an individual from Uganda whose travel was cancelled due to the pandemic.

The cost to sponsor a family of four is $35,000.00.  We would like to thank all of our generous contributors, whether financially or with their time.  Donations can be made by clicking the button below:

(Please enter DVRR in the "message" section)  

Lansing United Church raised $2965 through donations and the Mission and Service Fund, $345 from fundraising, as well as sales of amaryllis bulbs and honey. The money raised goes to rent, food, clothing, dental care, medicine and transit. For more information and to learn about our fundraising efforts, visit our website at
- Brenda Burton 
A log of families sponsored by Don Valley Refugee Resettlers, spanning from 1998 to 2022.
"At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in." 

― Mother Teresa