The WES Mariam Assefa Fund is a philanthropic initiative of World Education Services (WES). For more than 45 years WES has enabled immigrants and refugees to fully utilize their education and talent. The WES Mariam Assefa Fund offers a new way for WES to achieve this mission. The Fund supports select organizations working to accelerate progress in immigrant economic integration, spur innovation in workforce development, and permanently dismantle the barriers that hinder the advancement of immigrants and refugees.