Three months after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, prompting hundreds of thousands to evacuate the country, Catholic Charities and its Jewish community partners have helped dozens of Afghan immigrants to find homes and begin new lives in the Greater Boston Area.
In a webinar held on Nov. 22, titled "Together We Respond," representatives of Catholic Charities of Boston (CCAB), Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), and the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) shared updates about how they have served people arriving from Afghanistan over the past few months. They expressed gratitude for each other's partnership and for the many donors and volunteers who have supported their efforts.
Marjean Perhot, CCAB's director of Refugee and Immigrant Services, said the recent arrivals have included both single people and families, from children as young as two months to adults in their 60s. At the time of the webinar, the number of Afghans that CCAB had resettled was at about 40; at the time of this printing, it is over 90.
Source: Catholic, Jewish orgs work to find homes for arriving Afghan refugees