Alternatives to Surveillance: Advocating for Humane Immigration Release
The United States utilizes the world’s largest immigration detention system. Yet, research consistently shows that detention is expensive, often inhumane, and severely detrimental to mental health, leading to high rates of PTSD, anxiety, and depression that persist long after release. While the government offers its own Alternatives to Detention (ATD) programs, these often rely heavily […]
Host an Immigrant: A Practical Guide to Changing a Life
The headlines often portray the immigration crisis as an insurmountable wall of policy and politics. It’s easy to feel helpless, to look at the thousands seeking refuge and think, “The problem is too big. What can I possibly do?” At ELOI Inc. (USA), we believe the answer doesn’t lie in massive, impersonal systems. It […]
The Mental Health Crisis in Immigrant Communities
Moving to a new country is stressful for anyone. But fleeing your home, surviving a dangerous migration journey, and enduring incarceration in a detention center creates a specific, deep-seated type of trauma. In the US, ELOIM’s health program has a laser focus: Mental Health. We have identified this as the single greatest unmet need among […]
The Professional Volunteer: Why Your Career Skills are Needed in Uganda
When people think of “volunteering in Africa,” they often picture college students painting walls or playing soccer with children. While those moments are beautiful and necessary, there is another level of volunteering that creates profound, structural change: Professional Volunteering. At ELOIM USA, we are calling on the working professionals—the doctors, the teachers, the engineers, the […]