They’re not the only group on campus that is working to help the Afghan people. They post regularly on social media about other refugee aid organizations, such as the International Rescue Committee, to inform their own followers about ways to help. Anwari and her Afghan Student Organization leadership team - bioinformatics student Rida Jamal, anthropology student Sadef Osmanza, and biology student Waris Bahrami - also raised funds to purchase winter clothing for Afghan refugees staying at a military base in Wisconsin. Many Afghan Student Organization members attended protests this summer in Washington to spread awareness about the turbulent events in Afghanistan and to show that people care about the country. military brought here, many of whom were staying at military bases like nearby Fort Lee. More recently, the student group has ramped up its efforts to help those suffering in Afghanistan as well as the tens of thousands of Afghan people the U.S. Over the years, Anwari and the student group have raised funds and donated thousands of dollars to Aid Afghanistan for Education, receiving thank you notes and photos back from the beneficiaries, girls who for years had been denied education. and those who have lived here for decades. I was anxious and my mental health was not very good.”Īs president of the VCU Afghan Student Organization, Anwari is mobilizing a group of approximately 200 members to raise awareness about the challenges for Afghans, those who have recently arrived in the U.S. “It was very difficult to constantly see my parents' country on the news 24/7.
It's like the whole thing is happening again and it's tough to see your parents live through it twice,” Anwari said. “It's a sad situation because, while I was born here, my parents are refugees who came from Afghanistan and immigrated back in the 1980s.
military’s chaotic departure from Afghanistan and the people who fled that country have, for the most part, disappeared from front page news, Virginia Commonwealth University students and graduates of Afghan descent have continued to raise awareness and help fellow Afghans in need.įor Yasameen Anwari, a 21-year-old junior studying health, physical education and exercise science in VCU’s College of Humanities and Sciences, the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban hit close to home.
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