In response to the crisis in Afghanistan , Tying Vines moved quickly last month to organize and initiate help on the ground. Jeff and Mary Kenney, Melissa Mitchell and Bill Stewart flew into Tajikistan a week after the Taliban took control. Tajikistan is on the northeast border of Afghanistan. It is one of the only neighboring countries accepting refugees at this time. Presently there are approximately five to eight thousand refugees residing in five government designated communities.
In a short visit this team was able to accomplish several things. Working with local partners to facilitate the emergency relief and aid:
Melissa, in her recent blog for Walk with Me, shared about what it has been like for the people who are fleeing their homes.
“Here are some things they shared that will stay with me for a long while…
If you would like to help, please consider these opportunities.
Food Boxes: 70 dollars/ month- feeds a family for a month.
Sponsor a Refugee Family:
300 dollars/ month will sponsor a refugee family by providing shelter and food ( our goal is to sponsor 100 families.)
Relocation Fund: Help Afghans who worked with Western Organizations to get out of Afghanistan to the safety of a stable country in the region. It is expensive. Each one costs nearly 1,800 dollars.
Pray. For the Afghan people-those still in the country facing torture and death, and those who got out still needing help to survive. Pray. For the many groups trying to help anyway they can. This is only the beginning.
May we not grow weary of doing good. Gal. 6:9
Kyle joined a group coming in from another part of the Middle East who were connected to the Tying Vines Walk With Me Pr
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In June about 120 people gathered together in Houston, Texas for our first Tying Vines fundraising dinner – Cultivatin
