Over the past few years, a wave of Haitian immigrants has arrived in the greater Santiago area. More than 40,000 Haitians have reportedly settled around the Chilean capital city. While technically not classified as refugees, most of the Haitian immigrants trying to make a life in Chile are facing challenges familiar to refugees.

Many women have responded to the call to support refugees in their communities. Here are five ways that sisters are reaching out.

I worried that teaching ESL at nights was taking away from our very limited family time. I prayed to Heavenly Father about what I should do and felt that He would show me how to work it all out, and He did.

I had seen Adeela before. She shared a garden plot close to ours, and I remember watching her as she prepared the ground with just a hoe. She was pregnant and had four little children with her.