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AFGHANISTAN ALERT: Rescue 70 Widows and Orphan
On behalf of William and the Afghan people he dearly loves, we come to you to plead for help. The need to evacuate these 87, yes up from the 70, has pushed William to turn to private rescue groups for help. The one constant is they are requiring a lot of money to get these Christian families to safety. PLEASE HELP! Every single dollar you donate is an act of heroism.
I have been privileged to know the founder and director of the HEMEFund Foundation. William was deployed to Afghanistan as a medic for a year in 2009 and met an old Afghan man. The old Afghan man walked three days and three nights with no shoes, seeking medical help on his infected toe. Wracked by guilt for sending an old Afghan man home without shoes after the treatment, he started a shoes and clothes drive that attracted international attention.
William also witnessed many devastated women and children on the streets begging for changes and food. He learned that millions of widows and orphans, the most vulnerable population in Afghanistan, live under violence and extreme poverty due to decades of war and internal conflicts. William wanted to do something truly sustainable for these women and children.
In October 2010, William and a couple of local Afghan friends started a literacy and sewing vocational training center. Eleven years later, they operate seven vocational training centers in three provinces with 30 young local Afghan brothers and sisters, graduating 240 women a year. Upon graduation, all graduates receive a tailor’s business startup kit, including a brand new sewing machine and various other tools to start a sewing business at home. With sewing business, graduates earned from $20 to $300 a month, which is remarkable knowing the average monthly income in Afghanistan is $50 a month still to date. William and his friends
truly built a sustainable project with hope, honor, dignity, and empowerment for Afghan women.
The recent tragedy in Afghanistan devastated 30 local young Afghan brothers and sisters (a total of 87 with their families) because they are now marked for certain death, or worse. He will not eat or rest until he is able to secure them a passage out of Afghanistan. To bring 87 Afghan friends out safely, they will need resources to live, and that will include money. It will take the hand of God to make this happen. Would you please be His hand on earth today and donate.
I have been privileged to know the founder and director of the HEMEFund Foundation. William was deployed to Afghanistan as a medic for a year in 2009 and met an old Afghan man. The old Afghan man walked three days and three nights with no shoes, seeking medical help on his infected toe. Wracked by guilt for sending an old Afghan man home without shoes after the treatment, he started a shoes and clothes drive that attracted international attention.
William also witnessed many devastated women and children on the streets begging for changes and food. He learned that millions of widows and orphans, the most vulnerable population in Afghanistan, live under violence and extreme poverty due to decades of war and internal conflicts. William wanted to do something truly sustainable for these women and children.
In October 2010, William and a couple of local Afghan friends started a literacy and sewing vocational training center. Eleven years later, they operate seven vocational training centers in three provinces with 30 young local Afghan brothers and sisters, graduating 240 women a year. Upon graduation, all graduates receive a tailor’s business startup kit, including a brand new sewing machine and various other tools to start a sewing business at home. With sewing business, graduates earned from $20 to $300 a month, which is remarkable knowing the average monthly income in Afghanistan is $50 a month still to date. William and his friends
truly built a sustainable project with hope, honor, dignity, and empowerment for Afghan women.
The recent tragedy in Afghanistan devastated 30 local young Afghan brothers and sisters (a total of 87 with their families) because they are now marked for certain death, or worse. He will not eat or rest until he is able to secure them a passage out of Afghanistan. To bring 87 Afghan friends out safely, they will need resources to live, and that will include money. It will take the hand of God to make this happen. Would you please be His hand on earth today and donate.
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