RESOURCE COMPILATION:

Protections for Afghans and Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis

August 2021

Take Actions:

• Church World Service: Action Alert
• Veterans for American Ideals: Action Alert
• Change.org: Sign the petition
• IRAP: Resources on How to Help Afghan Partners
• WAND: Petition
• LIRS: How to Help our Afghan Allies
• UWD: Petition

Social Media, Talking Points, and Communication Resources:

• We Are All America: Afghan Rapid Response Toolkit
• Evacuation of Afghan Allies Social Media Toolkit
• Afghan Withdrawal Coalition: Social Media Toolkit (August)
• RCUSA: Afghanistan Social Media Response Toolkit

• RCUSA Talking Points on Afghan SIVs & Refugees
• Afghan Refugee and U.S. Resettlement Talking Points
• RCUSA Press Statement (8/16/2021)
• Refugee Congress Calls on the Biden Administration to Act Swiftly on the Crisis in Afghanistan (8/17/2021)
• Welcome with Dignity Press Release: President Biden Must Act Now to Save Afghans in Danger (8/16/2021)
• WWD Talking Points and Messaging
• WWD Graphics, GIFS
• WWD video on Afghanistan to reshare on TW

Resources for Friends and Family Members In Afghanistan:

• HRF: Afghan Evacuation Resources
• Evacuate Our Allies: Resources
• USCRI: Resources for Afghan Allies
• Afghan American Foundation: Afghanistan Emergency IDP Fundraising Organizations August 2021
• GIWPS: How to Save the Lives of Afghan Women
• Women's Regional Network: Women Globally Working to Protect Afghan Women
• Vital Voice Emergency Fund: Contact Saba Ghori at sabaghori@vitalvoices.org 
• Open Society Foundations: Open Society Announces a $10 Million Emergency Fund for Afghan Civilians in Peril
• U.S. Department of State: Repatriation Assistance Request
• IRAP also offers chatbots which offer information through Facebook Messenger and Telegram. To talk to the chatbot, add @irapchatbot on Telegram or message them on Facebook. Then, type “hello” as your first message. The chatbot will respond to you and ask you a series of questions about your situation. If you are using Telegram, click the window button next to the text box to view which options are available to respond to a message. These options automatically appear on Facebook.

Resources to Support Newly Arriving Afghan Refugees:

CWS resettlement offices and affiliates welcome newly arriving Afghan refugees, Special Immigrant Visa holders (SIVs), and their loved ones who are resettled in the United States, providing housing, job training, and other social services so that they can thrive in their new communities. Here are some ways you can help:

• Click here to donate to support newly arriving Afghan families, especially to support secure housing.
• Click here to sponsor a family arriving in your community. You can also email refugeewelcome@cwsglobal.org to find out about opportunities to sponsor a newly arriving Afghan family in your community.
• Reach out to your closest local refugee resettlement office. Click here for an interactive map to help you find your closest resettlement office. Click here for a state-by-state directory with contact information for each office.
• Are you a landlord who has rental units that you are willing to rent to newly arriving Afghan families? Email us at refugeewelcome@cwsglobal.org to learn more about how you can be involved in providing a safe place to land for our Afghan neighbors.

Legal Resources:

• Click here to input information for any Afghan person seeking legal assistance in the United States, as part of the Project: Afghan Legal Assistance (PALA). This information will be used by Human Rights First to assist in securing pro bono legal assistance in collaboration with AILA, IRAP, CLINIC, and other pro bono legal services providers.
• Click here for legal resources from Penn State University.
• Are you a lawyer interested in providing legal assistance? Click this form to help!

Volunteer Interpreter/Translator Sign Up: Form

Sign On Letters:

• Afghan SIV Faith Letter
• Afghan SIV Humanitarian Letter
• Major Veterans Organizations Call on Administration to Evacuate all Afghan Allies Directly to the United States
• Bipartisan Congressional Letter

Additional Resources:

• Evacuate Our Allies: A plan to evacuate American affiliated Afghans
• UNHCR: Afghanistan Situation External Update - 16 August 2021
• IRAP: Am I eligible for the new Afghan refugee program?
• Human Rights First: Evading the Misuse of Biometric Data
• Truman National Security Project: No one wanted the war to continue, but it didn’t have to end like this.
• IRAP: Information for NGO and Media Employers of Afghans about the P-2 Refugee Program
• #AfghanEvac Resources:

• https://afghanevac.org/the-evacuation-problem/
• https://afghanevac.org/landing-rights/
• https://afghanevac.org/communications-data-security/