Dear Tanenbaum Community,
Over the past three weeks, long-standing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have flared into open conflict.
Last week, the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul was bombed, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 250 people. The border closures on either side tighten an already weakened economy, and local aid groups report that there are 115,000 civilians displaced from their homes in Afghanistan since the beginning of the strikes in early March.
Through the Afghan Institute of Learning, Peacemaker in Action Sakena Yacoobi mobilizes everything she can to provide immediate relief on the ground, where the situation is even more dire:
“We are also continuously providing assistance to the people who are coming back from Iran. They fled from Afghanistan to Iran to be safe, and now they must turn back to Afghanistan. They are caught between two wars. To tell you the truth, it is a nightmare. It has been three weeks of going on site and trying to help but the economy is bad, there are no jobs, and the winter weather is still very cold. Many people outside of Afghanistan are also divested from the situation. Anything that anyone can do to help, we would really appreciate it.”
We encourage you to consult the Sakena Fund website and find out more about supporting the courageous work that Sakena and her team do on a daily basis. To learn more about Sakena’s latest project, TV Meraj, watch the video here.
In unity,
Rev. Mark Fowler, CEO, Tanenbaum