A year ago, Jon and Alberto could not afford to put food on the table and decided to cross the border with Brazil with wives and children. Now, thanks to AVSI, they work for a beverage company in Salvador, Bahia. Jon and Alberto were the first beneficiaries of the project Welcomed Through Work, now funded by U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM).

Hired by a local company, the first group of 68 beneficiaries arrived in February in Santa Catarina, a state in southern Brazil. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM).