Welcome to ORIS

Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success (ORIS) is committed to aiding in the resettlement of refugee and immigrant groups in the state of New Hampshire by providing assistance, training, resources and opportunities that promote self-sufficiency.

The Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success (ORIS)’s is an ethnic community-based organization with a mission to “aid in the resettlement of refugee and immigrant groups in the state of NH by providing assistance, training, resources, and opportunities that promote self-sufficiency.” Over the past five years, ORIS has developed the resources and capabilities to foster the self-sufficiency and integration of new Americans, including the development of an experienced, multinational, and multilingual staff and consultant team

About Fresh Start Farms

Fresh Start Farms is a collective of refugee and immigrant farmers who are participating in the New American Sustainable Agriculture Program. Our New American farmer entrepreneurs represent the Somali-Bantu, Bhutanese, Burundi, and Congolese communities, as well as other ethnic groups. These growers sell produce wholesale to restaurants, colleges and other organizations and businesses, at farmers’ markets and farm stands where we accept SNAP/EBT, and through a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share program (with pick up sites in Manchester, Portsmouth and Derry; [read more]