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Save the Date for Global Tastes: The Centennial Edition!

As NSC celebrates 100 years of service, we’re thrilled to be hosting Global Tastes: The Centennial Edition at University City Science Center on March...

Announcing: Global Tastes 2022 Host Committee

As NSC celebrates 100 years of service, we’re thrilled to be hosting Global Tastes: The Centennial Edition at University City Science Center on March...
Ghulam Sakhi Danish holds his newborn, Eliana - Photo by HEATHER KHALIFA - Philadelphia Inquirer
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Philadelphia Inquirer: NSC takes the lead in resettling Afghan evacuees in Philly as it marks its 100th anniversary

In its 100-year history, Nationalities Service Center may never have been busier than it is now. It has pledged to resettle 500 Afghans in...
Press Coverage

Almost 2 Weeks After The Quake, Aid Is Just Getting To Some Remote Towns In Haiti

"Eleven days after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake killed 2,200 people and destroyed 50,000 homes in Haiti's southern peninsula, humanitarian groups and...
Press Coverage

How to help Afghan refugees: Where you can volunteer, donate, and more in Philadelphia

According to an announcement from the Pentagon this week, the U.S. government has plans to settle some 22,000 refugees coming to the country and house...
Immigration News

Stand with Philly's Afghan Community

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPress Advisory PHILADELPHIA, Penn., August 20, 2021—With the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, many Afghans are desperately trying...

NSC Statement on Afghanistan

NSC is committed to supporting families seeking safety in the US from Afghanistan, now and in the future. We are monitoring the human crisis very...
NSC News

Cambodian man freed from ICE detention after Philly groups push for his freedom

Saroun Khan, now 41, was about four when he and his parents landed in Philadelphia in 1984, as refugees from the Cambodian genocide. After serving...
Partner News

I’m a doctor who examines asylum seekers. I want Biden to fix the asylum system.

"My patient asked me to evaluate him for evidence of his beatings and torture. This is a common scenario for doctors who examine asylum seekers. By...