Maryland-based non-profit setting up homes for Afghan refugees,
If you want to help, they'll take furniture and other donations, volunteers, and money.
GREATER LANDOVER, Maryland — As hundreds of families try to flee Afghanistan amid the U.S. withdrawal, a local non-profit is helping them make a home in the DMV.
The group Homes Not Borders has been helping furnish homes for Afghan refugees since 2016. Born out of a church group, it's grown into a non-profit that frequently works with government resettlement agencies.
Before the pandemic and border closure, executive director Laura Osuri said they helped about two families a week. Since President Biden announced the withdrawal, she said that number has more than doubled to about seven this week alone.
"It's a lot, but you know, we're happy to set up for them and glad they're here and not in Afghanistan," Osuri said. "So yeah, definitely, definitely want to help them."
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