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From: fahima gaheez <fahimawaw@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 8:03 AM
Subject: Fw: need help
To: Elisabeth Larman <bhlarman@gmail.com>

Dear neighbors,

I have been asked by a friend of mine to see if we could help these Afghan families who were airlifted last August from Kabul airport, the saddest scenes we all watched on TV of families fleeing the Taliban for their life. A few families have arrived in Pittsburgh and they have next to nothing.

I am personally helping a young man whom I met Saturday. He was wearing a thin jacket and flip flops in the freezing weather! He told me of his journey: from Kabul he was sent to Quatar, then on to Germany, then to an air force base in Wisconsin and finally to Pittsburgh where he arrived a month ago. He has a job in a commercial laundry downtown and it takes him 2 hours each day to go to his job from McKeesrock where he lives currently. From what I understand all the refugies are given 6 months of help after which they are basically on their own.

Sayed's dream is to find a job as an automobile mechanic in Pittsburgh and to find a better and safer place to live. He can afford 650 dollars a month for rent. He studied and has a completion diploma from an automotive vocational school. He then went into the Afghan Army and was attached as an assistant to one of the members of their parlement thus putting his life in grave danger by the Taliban. He still has family in Kabul. I would appreciate so much if anyone has an idea how to help Sayed get into an automotive school (if that exists) or find a job as a mechanic.

I am forwarding the list that my amazing friend Fahima Gaheez aka "mother of all Afghan refugies" as Sayed called her (https://www.afghanwomensfund.org/about-our-director) has given me. I thought maybe our wonderful community might help. Each of these families need essential items as you can see from the list. I will divulge the names or addresses to respect the families privacy to those who would like to help. May be an organization or group of friends might sponsor a family. You can drop any separate donations to me at 5900 Hampton Street and I will make certain that it all goes to those in need. Walmart cards, old telephone, old laptops are in great demand.

As you can see the items are no luxuries but things to become self sufficient.

I hope that we as a community we will rally around these families and welcome them whole heartedly.

Thank you.

Elisabeth Larman

#1- a single lady
Laptop
Jeans tow:32*34
T-Shirt: S
Hairdryer
Sport Shoes: 42
Hoodies tow white and black

#2-- single male
Vacuum cleaner, sofa, coffee table, fan, floorcovering ( carpet 6x9), electric water kettle, thermos,

#3- family
In Need of floor covers ( carpets), the downstairs neighbors complain about kids running in the apartment.
4 room size Carpets, vacuum cleaner, TV, Sewing machine
pressure Cooker, thermos, electric water kettle , iron
Laptop
Shoes:45 Male
Shoes: 38 Female
7yrs boy: clothes, shoes
3 yrs boy: clothes, shoes
5-month girl: clothes And Cradle 5 months

#3-- family
T-shirt: M
Shoes:44
Women
Clothes: XXL
Shoes: 39
10 yrs girl
clothes XXL/2XG
Shoes: M6
8 yrs girl
Clothes: XXL/2XG (18)
Shoes: 7 sizes or M5
3 yrs girl
Clothes: 12/24 M
Shoes: size E 8 T3
6 yrs boy
Clothes: size E 5
Shoes: 11
5yrs boy
Clothes: size 4
Shoes: size 10
iron, pots and pans, dishes, TV, vacuum cleaner, room size carpets, food processor, coffee grinder, pressure-cooker, thermos, electric water kettle,

#4--single woman
Clothes:M
Women
Clothes: M
10 yrs boy
Clothes :
Shoes :
6 yrs boy
Clothes:
Shoes:
4yrs boy
Clothes:
Shoes:
6 yrs girl
Clothes:
Shoes:
4-month girl
Clothes:
Shoes:
Baby accessories/ toys anything if possible
TV, pressure cooker, pots and pans, food processor, coffee grinder, Thermos, vacuum cleaner, iron, carpets ( room size), electric water kettle

#5--Single man
Men:
Clothes: XL or L
Hoodie Pants: 34
Shoes: 9 if possible sport or walk or raining time
Women: Clothes: L ,Pants:12 , Shoes: 8
2 yrs girl: Clothes: T3 size for kids Pants: T3,Shoes: 7

Laptop, TV, Microwave
food processor, coffee grinder, thermos, pressure-cooker, electric water kettle, kitchen utensils,pots and pans,