Support
Paper Pianos began with people — their testimony, their music, their memory. The three organizations below carry that work forward long after the curtain falls. Your donation goes directly to them, through their own websites.
Paper Pianos would not exist without the communities and organizations who open their doors to refugees every day. If the work has moved you, the most direct way to act is to give to the people already doing it.
Rochester, NY
Hani Ali — one of the voices at the heart of Paper Pianos — serves as a program director at Mary's Place, and the team there shared the lived experiences that helped shape the work.
A neighborhood-rooted center in Northwest Rochester that meets refugees where they are — with food, hygiene supplies, case management, and programs for moms and children. Their doors stay open because the community keeps showing up.
Rochester, NY
Deaf Refugee Advocacy — and specifically Diana Pryntz — supported Paper Pianos' accessibility work, helping bring Mohammad Ayash and his family into the conversation through sign-language interpretation.
Deaf refugees, asylum-seekers, and immigrants navigate resettlement with a second layer of barriers. Deaf Refugee Advocacy provides direct services, full language access, and a bridge into the Deaf community — so no one has to build a new life alone, or in silence.
Refugee assistance
Included here as a way to give directly to refugees. Solutions in Hometown Connections is the on-the-ground refugee assistance partner that Sound Impact has worked with — donations here reach the people and families being served, not an intermediary.
A community-based organization that delivers practical, one-to-one support to newly arriving refugees — connecting families with the housing, education, employment, and everyday resources they need to put down roots.
Rochester, NY
Two of the voices at the heart of Paper Pianos — Getachew Bashir and Akil Aljaysh — work on refugee resettlement at Catholic Charities Family and Community Services in Rochester.
The Refugee and Immigration Services arm of Catholic Charities Family and Community Services walks alongside newly arriving refugees and immigrants — providing resettlement, case management, employment counseling, and youth and family programs across the Rochester region.