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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