A grassroots organization, Canadian Connections, is providing Afghan refugees with home essentials, such as furniture and dining ware, to help them settle into their new homes.
TORONTO -- A group of volunteers has come together to help Afghan refugees settle into their new homes and start to build a life here in Canada., is providing newcomers evacuated from Afghanistan with essentials such as furniture and dining ware.
It's a cause that has taken on added meaning with Remembrance Day on Thursday. By helping some of these families, the group feels they are honouring the Canadian Armed Forces veterans who worked to bring interpreters out of Afghanistan and away from the Taliban's reach. "The fact veterans have been so critical in helping get these translators here, you know, a small pile of furniture seems like a tiny price to pay," Jackie Carlos, who has donated furnishings through the volunteer group, told CTV National News.One of the recipients of such donations, a former interpreter whose name we're withholding to protect his relatives, says he and his family escaped Afghanistan with nothing but the clothes they were wearing and a small backpack.
He recalls the violence surrounding him and his family as they were among those desperate to board a flight out of Afghanistan in August to avoid Taliban retribution.
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