Help Displaced Families in Afghanistan

Hello friends, this is Sapeidah Saeedi. I am from Afghanistan, currently living in the United States, and attending Mira Loma High School. In my recent visit to Afghanistan just a few weeks ago, I discovered a few things I feel compelled to tell you about. Alongside other Afghan families that immigrated from Herat, Afghanistan, to Sacramento, California, my family and I decided to create this fundraiser. If you are not aware, there are some difficulties in Afghanistan because of the recent shift of American Troops out of Afghanistan that will be completed by September 11th, which is only one month away. Afghan residents living in many different villages are coming to major cities for their safety. They are leaving their countrysides, their homes and are in desperate need of any help. People are afraid, having left their homes in fear, seeking security, and leaving their source of income behind. What is happening is out of the control of people, and we cannot turn our backs on them. My family and I were in Afghanistan just about a week ago. I remember going out to my other families’ homes; I got to experience the contentment and happiness I was longing for. Just how good it was to be with them and talk to them. My trip there inspired me to stand up for our people because no matter what I do, where I am, Herat will always be my home. I remember the busy bazaar, the food, everything else being sold there. The most important one being the Blue Mosque. It reminded me all over again of how much I love Herat. However, what we hear now is very different. Things have shifted dramatically since my family, and I left Afghanistan. I got the joy from being there with my family, but now we are all sad to see people leaving their homes in fear and moving out to the cities. In addition, when they come, they come with nothing or very little. They have no place to go to, and they do not know anyone. People are all struggling in Herat currently, and we must help them. They need our help, and even though we are so far away, we have found one way to aid them. We have set up this fund with the help of a non-profit organization - the International Orphan Care - to help those people in need with the necessities. Your help would be greatly appreciated.