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Humanitarian aidReport for 2008
2008 was a record year for our Humanitarian Aid Distributions. We distributed a large container of humanitarian goods and other smaller donations in Afghanistan with a value of $110,507. The goods were distributed to a many poor people in Kabul as well as other provinces, as described below. Fabric and sewing supplies are still to be distributed to A4T 2 in 2009.
In mid-January 2008, 951 boxes of supplies were shipped to A4T via Bagram Air Base. These boxes were stored and processed for shipment through the Denton Program to Afghanistan in 2007 by the New Hope Men`s Fellowship (NHMF), in Castle Rock, Colorado. This was their seventh and last humanitarian shipment for A4T and we can never thank them enough for their tireless assistance.
The boxes in this shipment included clothing, blankets, fabrics, shoes, schoolbooks, computers, clothing, seed packets, sewing machines, roofing mesh, wheelchairs and crutches. Many of the boxes were stored over the summer at our warehouse.
In April, 273 boxes were distributed among the 557 returning refugees families in a village northeast of Kabul.This effort was carried out by volunteers from the Bare Roots delegation, led by Asma Eschen, in coordination with Ministry of Returning Refugees. Many of the boxes contained donated blankets and clothing collected from Afghan Relief Organization. Many boxes were filled with hand knit garments and blankets made by volunteers in our affiliate, afghans for Afghans.
A4T distributed 150 boxes of wheelchairs and crutches to Emergency Hospital for Civilian War Victims, 46 boxes to Handicap International and 59 boxes to the Emergency Hospital. The supplies totaling 200 wheel chairs and 400 crutches were collected by Hassina Omar in memory of Khadija Omar who started the charity: Handicapped Children of Afghanistan. A4T also distributed humanitarian supplies to other charity organizations and some rural villages.
In addition, 30 boxes of donated clothing from Americans were distributed in poorer districts of Kabul. Boxes of supplies were also distributed to students at Ibnesena High School, and to disadvantaged citizens in Kabul.
A4T members and representatives in Kabul were honored to distribute the 136 large boxes of new hand-knit or crocheted wool items made by afghans for Afghans volunteers in North America as follows:
- 47 boxes of hand-knit wool sweaters, vests, hats, socks, mittens and blankets were distributed by the Bare Roots Delegation to a village 80 minutes northeast of Kabul
20 boxes of sweaters, vests and hats for A4T Schools # 1 & 2 students and staff in December
- 1,200 gift wrapped bags with a wool knit hat with a sweater or vest, went to girls and boys at our A4T School # 3 and also to our patients at our A4T Health Post, in Sheikh Yassin, Wardak
- 15 boxes of knit clothing and blankets for babies and mothers at Ataturk Maternity and Miawand Maternity Hospitals and also knit clothing was given to the staff and their families at Kabul Education Univ.
- 80 sweater and hat gift sets for the street children and handicapped workers in our A4T briquettes Project stations
Please read the article `Amidst the devastation comes hope for little girls` -
featuring A4T`s distribution of some of the above mentioned hand knit gifts.
View PHOTOS of the A4T distributions in Kabul and Wardak last winter HERE
in albums # 2 and 3 of our Photo Library.
HATS OFF to all organizations and individuals for their generous donations!
Thank you from A4T! ~ Tashakor!
Read about our 2007 Distributions in our 2007 Newsletter HERE!
Recap of 2006
Thanks to the diligent effort of the New Hope Mens Fellowship (Colorado), A4T, the U.S. Army Denton program and the US base at Bagram, we were able to send boxes full of wheelchairs, fabrics, clothing and supplies to Afghanistan in 2006.
A4T also distributed many items donated by several organizations including:
-The Handicap Children of Afghanistan, a Colorado nonprofit group, founded by Mrs. Khadija Omar, and an A4T partner, donated 188 wheelchairs - distributed in Kabul, Kandahar and other provinces of Afghanistan to victims of war including children, women and men.
-104 boxes of educational materials, 30 boxes of English books and stationeries to A4T schools and Kabul University, Faculty of Letters.
-120 boxes of fabrics, sewing supplies, sewing machines, clothing patterns,and other supplies were donated by New Jersey Peace Action and the Ladies Sewing Circle of Denver.
-More than 5,300 hand knit and crochet wool blankets, sweaters, vests, socks, hats and mittens were made, byAfghans for Afghans as a gesture of goodwill. A4T distributed the items to all our students and people of Afghanistan, such as this hat given to an Afghan girl in a Kabul camp for returnees, below.
Photo by N. Sedeque
February 2007 distribution by A4T. Photo by Gloriann Liu.
Thank you from A4T to all the donors for their generous donations to needy Afghans.
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