A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION

Founded in 2009, as a resource for refugee families seeking to adjust to their new lives in the United States, the Somali Bantu Association of America (SBAOA) educates, serves, and organizes cultural and life-skill training programs in an effort to promote self-sufficiency among the individuals and families comprising not only the Somali Bantu community, but all East African refugees in and around City Heights including Somalis, Congolese, Burundian, Ugandan, Sudanese and other immigrants. Our clients include men and women, children and seniors, and our services are offered free of charge. Last year, we served over 6,000 refugees in our community. Mary of our refugees walked from Somalia to Kenya before being resettled in the San Diego area of the United States. They traveled approximately 10,000 miles to live here. Each mile is approximately 2000 steps. 2000 steps times 10,000 miles equals 20 million steps. And to truly learn how to live here requires many steps in their journeys. So we will attempt to raise one dollar per step to help our the members of the SBAOA community acclimate to living in America.