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Dear John,
We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support we have received from the AFSC community for former AFSC staff, their families, and other Afghans seeking safety. Thank you to everyone who has donated, sent messages to policymakers, and supported our efforts.
Over the last few weeks, we have been calling, emailing, and doing everything we can day and night to find people who worked with us in Afghanistan and help them get to safety. We have located 64 former AFSC staff and family members who are still in the country.
With help from elected officials, two women’s rights activists we were working to support did fly out. However, our former staff and their families are among the many people who worked with U.S. institutions and organizations in the past 20 years who have not yet been able to leave.
We are in touch with multiple parts of the U.S. government to try to get our former colleagues visas and passage out of the country. We are paying for visa costs, travel, and interpreters to make the visa approval go as quickly as it can.
We will keep you updated as new developments arise. In the meantime, thank you again for your steady support and for all the ways you help us work for a more just and peaceful world.
In peace,
Kerri Kennedy
Associate General Secretary for International Programs
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