Meet the Alawad family! Mom and Dad have 4 kids, ages 12, 10, 7, and 3, and are a Syrian family who recently arrived from Jordan. They resettled in El Cajon, California, and are enjoying the sunshine in their new home. Both Mom and Dad are taking English classes, and Dad is hoping to find a local construction job in his new community. They are also expecting a baby girl this June!
Welcome to the Bay Area, Muslim Family! Mom and Dad have a house full of love, with 3 girls, ages 18, 16, and 13, and 3 boys, ages 16, 14, and 4! They recently arrived from Afghanistan and resettled in the East Bay. Dad previously worked for USAID and has a passion for helping others. He said that his hope for the future was that there would be no discrimination, only the sharing of love.
Meet the Merherzad family: a Mom, Dad, and three sons, ages 10, 8 and 3. They recently arrived in the United States from Afghanistan and resettled in Virginia. Mom and Dad are currently hoping to take an advanced English class, as their kids settle into their new schools here. Their 10 year old said something people may not know about him is that he is brave, and that he hopes to become a professional soccer player one day. Their 8 year old said that while his current joy is in gymastics, he actually wants to study to be an engineer, in order to help both his family and society when he grows up.
Welcome to Virginia, Zarabi family! Mom, Dad, and their 4 kids recently arrived from Afghanistan and resettled in the Woodbridge area. Their kids are ages 5-13 years old and they have already begun school in their new neighborhood. Their youngest, Amena, says she loves her new school and she wants to be a doctor someday! Mom is also joining in on the learning, and has enrolled in English classes in her new town.
Meet the Safi family! Mom and Dad have 3 girls ages 3, 8, and 10, and one little boy who is 6. They recently arrived from Afghanistan and resettled in Sacramento, California. Mohammad, their 6 year old son, says his hero is Spiderman, and if he had a superpower, it would be to help as many people as possible. When we asked him to tell us something that we don't know about him, he answered "I am a real hero."
Meet Azizi Family, a mom and dad with five children, two 4-year-old twins and 8, 13, and 14-year-old boys. They arrived from Afghanistan in September 2023. Both husband & wife are taking English classes. They urgently need basic household items. Please welcome and help this new family as they start their new life here. Thank you for your help.
Meet the Mohmand Family, a mom and dad with a 10-year-old and 5-month-old baby girl and 3 boys, 12 years, 7 years, and 2 years old. They arrived from Afghanistan in February 2023. Both husband and wife are looking for English classes. They urgently need basic household items. Please welcome and help this new family as they start their new life here. Thank you for your help.
Meet the Rahmani Family: a mom and dadwith children, a 6-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy. They arrived from Afghanistan in December 2022. Both husband and wife are taking English classes (ESL). They urgently need basic household items. Please welcome and help this new family as they start their new life here. Thank you for your help.
Meet the Frotan family: a mom and dad with four kids: three boys, ages 17, 15, and 8, and one 12 years old girl. They arrived from Afghanistan in May 2023. The mom and children are looking to enroll in an English class. They urgently need basic household items. Please welcome and help this new family as they start their new life here. Thank you for your help.
Welcome, Habibi family! Mom and Dad recently arrived from Afghanistan with their 3 kids, ages 3, 6, and 9. Dad worked at the US Embassy and is currently taking English classes alongside his wife in their new community. Their 10 year old, Subhanullah, says his biggest wish this winter is to recieve a comfortable bed to sleep in. After that, he hopes to one day own his own laptop because he wants to study science and work hard to help his family in the future.
Meet Farid Family, a mom, dad with 4 kids. One 13-year-old boy and three girls ages 5 years, 10 years, and 7 years. They arrived from Afghanistan in May 2023. Both husband and wife are taking online English classes. They urgently need basic household items. Please welcome and help this new family as they start their new life here. Thank you for your help.
Welcome to Sacramento, Popalzai family! Mom and Dad have 3 little boys, ages 1, 5, and 6. They recently arrived from Afghanistan and both Mom and Dad enrolled in English classes right away. Dad worked as a security guard at the American Embassy in Kabul and is happy to now live in the US. The family is happy to decorate their new home they way they like it and have enjoyed picking things out for their wishlist alongside their children.
Welcome, Sakhizada family! Mom and Dad have 3 little boys, ages 2, 6, and 8, and they recently arrived from Afghanistan. Their 8 year old, Amir, says he loves the southern California weather and all of the sunshine here. He wants to become a software engineer or developer, and is very interested in tech, just like his dad, who was a director of a technology program in Afghanistan. The boys are also very creative and love painting pictures together, especially with their watercolor sets.
Meet Hosna Khwajazada and her family. She recently arrived from Afghanistan with her Mom, Dad, brother, and sister. 10 year old Hosna says she loves to keep her own culture alive while learning about the American culture as well. Hosna's mom was a teacher and truly passed her love of learning to her kids. Hosna studies English books and stories in hopes of becoming fluent, and loves to play games with her family, which helps her mom with her own English lessons too.
Welcome to New York, Sharifi family! Mom and Dad have two sons, ages 10 and 15. They recently arrived from Afghanistan. Dad owned a small business in Afghanistan as a shopkeeper, and Mom worked at a local beauty parlor. Yousuf, their 10-year-old, said he is excited to learn English together as a family, as they love learning new languages. He is most excited about his new room and the space he has to play outside. He hopes to be able to go on vacations with his family as they get used to their new home in the US.
Meet Ahmadi Family, Dad, Mom & 5 girls age (14Y , 11Y , 9Y , 5Y & 3Y old ) They arrived from Afghanistan in July / 2023. Both husband and wife are taking English class. They urgently need basic household items. Please welcome and help this new family as they start their new life here. Thank you for your help.
Meet the Raoufi family! Mom, Dad, and their 3 kids recently arrived from Afghanistan and resettled in Southern California. They are expecting a new baby as well, and the older siblings are thrilled! Their 7 year old, Hadisa, says moving to the US has been a little hard at first because she really misses her grandma, and that at first her school felt boring because she didn't speak any English, but as she started to make friends she quickly began to love her new school and her new neighborhood. She also loves to go to the park and play with her little siblings, and says she now feels so happy in her life.
Meet the Omari family from Afghanistan! The Omaris are a Mom, Dad, and 2 kids, as well as their new baby boy who is due in March of 2024. They recently resettled in Sacramento, California and are thankful that their kids now feel safe to go to school and play in their new neighborhood. Hayesha, their 6 year old daughter, is especially thankful for the new friends she has made, and her barbies she gets to play with.
Welcome to Sacramento, Azizi family! Dad, who was an interpreter for the US Army, Mom, and their 4 kids, ages 4-10 years old, recently arrived from Afghanistan. Bibi, their 10 year old daughter, wants to become a midwife some day, and is studying hard to achieve her dreams. She and her siblings are really hoping to recieve beds soon, as the winter can be very cold in Northern California. Bibi says "I am new in this environment, but I am so happy."
