How to help the people & the animals
of Afghanistan
If you are in Afghanistan or from
Afghanistan and you feel safe to share your thoughts in the
public sphere, consider joining the subreddit for
Afghanistan, r/Afghanistan.
The voice of actual Afghans is very much needed on
the Afghanistan subreddit. You can create an account on Reddit for
free and you do NOT
have to use your real name. This online community is focused
on Afghanistan but is dominated by people who are not Afghan
- the main moderator is someone from an ultra-right wing
think take in the USA and he's very tolerant of anti-Islamic
posts (but not of posts that point out that extremist
Christians often have the same agenda as the Taliban when it
comes to women). There has been a tendency to remove any
travel influencers who are posting beautiful photos and
descriptions that downplay the horrors being experienced by
Afghans in the country, particularly women and girls and the
Hazara - which I support. Join the group and share your stories
about what a day in your life is like, what challenges you and
your family are facing, what you wish the world knew about what
was happening in Afghanistan, etc.
If you want to help Afghans in Afghanistan: UNICEF and UNDP are still in
Afghanistan and doing good work. There is a small NGO, Parsa, that has
been there for decades and does good work as well. The Malala Fund
also has a focus on helping women and girls in Afghanistan. I
endorse these organizations and encourage you to donate
financially to them.
If you want to help Afghan refugees in the USA, just
go to your favorite search engine and search help Afghan
refugees and the name of your city or the nearest
metropolitan area. Once they make it to the USA, they are
entirely on their own to pay back the loan for their airline
tickets, to pay for their rent, clothes, everything else.
Nonprofits like Catholic Charities help them learn English,
learn to navigate mass transit, learn how our groceries
work, learn what free things they can do together as a
family (like walking through a farmer's market, walking
through a public city or county park, etc.) and where to
find jobs. Also, please write your US Congressional
representative and your US Senators and tell them that we
should fulfill our commitments to the Afghans who risked
their lives to assist the USA and get them out, and that we
must NOT provide financial assistance to the Taliban - we
need to bargain HARD to ensure women's rights. No
negotiation.
If you are not in the USA, please adapt the aforementioned advice
for your own country (Germany, the UK, Australia, Canada,
Bulgaria, France, Uganda, Kenya - on and on) - it is very likely,
no matter where you are on Earth, there are Afghan refugees in
your country and they need your help.
If you want to help regarding the stray dog and cat
situation in Afghanistan, please make a donation to
the Mayhew
Animal
Home and Humane Education Centre, and tell
them you want your gift to go to their efforts in
Afghanistan. They are working to help spay and neuter dogs
and cats there, to train Afghans regarding veterinary
medicine, and to change Afghans' cultural practices
regarding dogs, which have
no basis in the Koran. I have spoken numerous times
with a representative of this organization; they ARE
making a difference, and your support will help them do
even more! Yes, I've made donations.
Please note: I am looking for some resources in
Afghanistan,
specifically:
If you have resources, please
contact me.
Please do NOT contact me for immigration help - I cannot
help you get out of Afghanistan and I cannot help you get
to another country. All such requests will be ignored.
Also see (and share):
Resources
to help Afghans in Afghanistan Keep Their Devices Safe.
Resources for Afghans
Teaching Girls at Home. (additional suggestions
welcomed)
Resources to
help Afghan women resist the Taliban.
Advice for
Afghan women helping each other to resist the Taliban.
Return to the CoyoteBroad Afghanistan
pages and blogs.
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