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No reading this week, but that‘s okay. I‘ve been working non-stop helping Afghan refugees arriving in our city. Local agencies are overwhelmed, and one has REALLY dropped the ball. 80 families in temp hotel housing, many have not had access to food or medical care, inc. newborns and pregnant women. It‘s atrocious. A group of us have stepped in to help after a young Afghan mom spoke out: https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdjVfof4/ ⬇️
alisiakae In 3 days we‘ve raised $5,000, got donations of pack n plays and car seats for the babies, hundreds of $$$ in halal meats and other food, org a local GP to come to the hotels & triage any medical concerns, helped get clothes for the families that had lost luggage or arrive with nothing, and more! Check on your local resettlement agencies, they need your help. 2y
AmyG That is mind-boggling that these people have been brought here and forgotten. Bless you and other kind people stepping up. Thanks for posting this. 2y
Chrissyreadit ❤️ I‘m so glad you have a group of genuine humanitarians to provide support. Is it possible to know where the ball was dropped? 2y
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DivineDiana @AmyG expressed my exact sentiments so well. 🙏🏻 2y
alisiakae @Chrissyreadit @AmyG @DivineDiana yes, we do know where, and how, but right now aren‘t publicizing that to protect the volunteer who has been assisting the last few weeks with interpretation. Once emergency needs are met, there will be a focus on calling out the agency through the media. The more descriptive videos of what was happening have not been shared anywhere yet to protect her, since she is essentially a whistleblower. 2y
Chrissyreadit Wow! Good for her for being courageous ❤️ 2y
alisiakae @Chrissyreadit @DivineDiana @AmyG but also, agencies were severely short staffed due to trump years and Covid. If they didn‘t scale up staff to prepare for arrivals, or didn‘t have the funds to do so, that makes serving a mass influx of arrivals difficult. There was an article in WaPo about it recently https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/12/afghan-refugees-washington-vi... 2y
reluctantangeleno Thank you for being such a lovely compassionate human! This brought tears to my eyes! 2y
Vansa This is amazing that you're helping out with this. Incredible work. 2y
Chrissyreadit @4thhouseontheleft I think that is what I‘m curious about Im not Bidens biggest fan, but he is trying to dig out of a dumpster and many states are also continuing to ride the Trump train and blame the current admin. All the while people suffer. This is why I get angry at the concept of civic engagement being unrecognized and politics continues to be the word of choice. I am so busy trying to help people in WV who have similar struggles while 2y
Chrissyreadit Manchin and Capito play games- but if there is a way I can support the Refugee community in your area please let me know. #oneearth 2y
Nutmegnc Thank you!! And if we can offer assistance, let us know!! 2y
alisiakae @Chrissyreadit we have an Amazon and Walmart wish list that gets updated daily. I‘ll post them in the next two comments 2y
alisiakae Amazon wish list: https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/240QD88ATXPOY/guest-view?fbclid=IwAR0jJ... 2y
alisiakae https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/81b0bffb-816b-4f2c-bcb8-0113c8f3b549 2y
alisiakae @Nutmegnc I just posted two wish lists we are using and get updated daily. Today‘s focus is getting Nair for women and brooms/dust pans/vacuums which were both requests to help families prepare for Friday evening prayers. Foods like dates, nuts etc are also really needed since they are in small hotel rooms with a kitchen but very little space, and halal meat is really expensive in our area. 2y
DrexEdit Bless you for stepping up and doing what needs to be done. Thanks for posting the links as well. 💜 2y
Singout Good for you, Alisia. Such important and needed work. 2y
LeahBergen That‘s wonderful 👏🏻👏🏻 2y
ravenlee I just placed an order with Walmart - it says most of the items should arrive by Saturday. 🤞🏻 Thanks for sharing this information. 2y
Chrissyreadit I am trying to place order- whose name is wishlist under? I have to many and want to make sure 2y
Nutmegnc @4thhouseontheleft thanks for the registry info. Just sent a few things! 2y
Chrissyreadit Os the person on receiving end of wishlist Sarah in NC? 2y
alisiakae @Nutmegnc Thank you!! @Chrissyreadit She is one of the other organizers with me. If you want time to send you an email with more info, I‘m happy to! Although we‘re almost good right now on many of the wish list items (at least, until more families arrive). And 2 of the local halal grocers are giving hundreds in food! 2y
alisiakae @ravenlee thank you so much!! 2y
Chelsea.Poole Thank you so much! ♥️ 2y
tpixie @4thhouseontheleft amazing stewardship in action! 💝 2y
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