After nearly two years as an incorporated BC society, Reaching Out Assisting Refugees has reached a milestone we have been working toward since our earliest days: ROAR is now a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency.

On March 9, 2026, something remarkable happened. Horst Backé, ROAR’s board chair, sat before the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Canadian Parliament alongside Steven Kabuye and Meddie Ssentongo — two people whose journeys to safety ROAR helped make possible.