Kol Ami — The Northern Virginia Reconstructionist Community

Tikkun Olam: K.A.R.E. Project

Kol Ami Refugee Engagement Project

Kol Ami’s K.A.R.E. project launched at Rosh Hashanah 2022 and continues. 

We need your help!   and hope you’ll be a part of it.

Kol Ami has made a commitment through the K.A.R.E.  project to support several Afghan refugee families who have settled in our area. These new neighbors helped serve the US in their home country and are working hard to begin again here.  It is not easy to start over but with support, they are moving forward.  Their needs are many as they navigate this path – from housing and transportation needs, learning a new language, to legal issues.  Sometimes just a friendly face is important.  This is where we come in.

Our K.A.R.E.  project has partnered with different organizations, such as NoVa RAFT (Resettling Afghan Families Together) and LCC (Lutheran Church Charities) and accomplished much.  Here is just a sample of what we do:

  • gather and distribute winter clothing 
  • take families to a food distribution center
  • take families shopping and pay for food and other necessities
  • bring families to medical appointments
  • help make sure that rents and utilities were paid and that an existing lease could be renewed
  • coordinate meetings and translations with lawyers on immigration matters
  • assist in ESL classes
  • assist with resume writing
  • and more … and we need your help!!

If you have time and interest to volunteer, please let our coordinator know, at .  There are so many ways you can help out, and we’ll put you in touch with our members who are taking the lead on direct support.

If you can donate to our K.A.R.E. fund, it will help keep our Afghan families in their homes while the parents try to make ends meet.

Please support K.A.R.E. today through a donation below.

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