Africa Case Processing

In Jimma, Ethiopia, this refugee family has just completed its U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services interview.

Photo: Amina Egal

Joint Voluntary Agency (JVA), Nairobi, Kenya
www.jva-ope-nairobi.org

Overseas Processing Entity (OPE), Accra, Ghana
www.opeaccra.org

The JVA office in Nairobi and the OPE office in Accra implement an operational refugee processing program in sub-Saharan Africa through a Cooperative Agreement with the Department of State/Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration (DOS/PRM). The refugees they depart for resettlement in the United States are received and placed by 10 U.S. agencies, including Church World Service.