Greetings friends,
I would like to share with you a letter that I received from a wonderful friend and previous Shabahang’s board of trustees member. I found this letter as an opportunity for all of us to participate in a humanitarian effort to help those who have been forced to leave their homelands due to unfortunate political upheaval . I ask you to review this letter and if you can, please extend your helping hands to ease their pain and sufferings. Thank you.

Habib Nayerahmadi,
On behalf of the Shabahang Board of Trustees.

Dear Dr. Nayerahmadi,

I would like to share an opportunity for Shabahang to help some newly arrived Afghan families in Philadelphia. I’ve had the occasion to help a few Afghan families recently in Philadelphia and it occurred to me that this may be a wonderful opportunity for Shabahang to engage with its community to help these newly arrived families with some of the household items that they need as well as with friendship and support. As you can imagine, it is not an easy process for people who have been so unexpectedly torn from their homeland to start a new life in the U.S. A few of the Iranian families have already helped and I’m sure others will also be interested if they know about the needs and how to help. Some of the needed items are as follows (new is preferred but can also be gently used if in good shape):

1. An iPad for a student
2. A food processor for a family.
3. Living room furniture items for another family that has none. The family has asked for a light couch (not a big heavy one since their place is small), two midsize chairs and a medium to small size coffee table.
4. Curtains and rods for a family’s three windows. 40”x72”
5. A basic carpet for a room 9ft x 12ft
6. Sheer curtains (no rods needed) for four windows for a family. 40”x 84”
7. Walmart gift cards for a family with a 10-month old baby to supplement their government monthly food allocation which runs out before the end of the month.
8. The Afghan families also have family back home that badly need assistance so monetary help for them is also greatly appreciated.

Below is the link to a Google doc where everyone can see what has been donated and what is still needed. I can arrange to pick up any donated item if the person emails me at: abtavangar@gmail.com.

https://docs.google.com/
spreadsheets/d/19QKsIp
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