Working Together
to Help Refugees (Where does that money go?)
By Service to the Armed Forces and International Services
Manager, Kerry Khan
Earlier this year, volunteers from International Services
and Youth and Young Adult Services collaborated at the Los Angeles Regional
Headquarters to support refugees. In all, 21 high schools and ten Youth Corps
from the Los Angeles Region’s Red Cross Clubs participated in the Refugee Wish
List Drive. The items collected through the drive included pots and pans, hand
and bath towels, utensils, blankets, pillows, dishes, and other household
items. With these donations, we were
able to assemble more than 20 “Welcome Baskets” for our volunteers to hand
deliverer to refugees from around the world who have recently arrived in the Los
Angeles area. Our hope was that these baskets could provide a sense of comfort
as well as meet the practical needs of refugees who had fled their home
countries and took little or nothing with them.
On May 17, 2017, Americorps member Tamara Alcantara and
International Services volunteer Cris Tsai had the opportunity to hand deliver
a “Welcome Basket” to Shahih Khanizadeh, a recently arrived refugee from Iran
who fled her home country to live with her daughter Raika, in Burbank.
Shaih, who only arrived in the United States on April 27, 2017, was more
than grateful for the items that arrived in her “Welcome Basket” and she
mentioned to our volunteers how every item will come in very handy— especially
the kitchen items, since neither her or her daughter had any of their own.
Shaih has no family left in Iran and learned about the services offered by the American Red
Cross at a cultural orientation
hosted by the International
Rescue Committee, where she attended a presentation about Red Cross
International Services Restoring Family Links program.
The “Welcome Baskets” put together at the Refugee Wish
List Drive will also provide an opportunity to share disaster preparedness
and recovery information to refugees throughout
the Los Angeles area.
The International Services Team could not be more
grateful and appreciative of the youth who contributed their time and efforts
to the Refugee Wish List Drive. Shahih’s story is only one example and
the efforts of our youth and volunteers are sure to have a direct impact on the
lives of many of the newest members in the Los Angeles community. For this we have
only one thing to say: THANK YOU!
Let’s connect the dots:
International Rescue Committee
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Harlem Children's Zone, the Refugees
International, the Hudson Institute
(think tank), the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank), the Urban Institute (think tank), and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Note: George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, is a director emeritus for Refugees International, and a friend of
Michael Douglas.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE
Campaign.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE
Campaign, a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, and is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a member of the American Red Cross.
Steven E. Carr was
a governor for the American Red Cross,
and a director at Refugees International.
Carol Ann Haake
was a governor for the American Red
Cross, and a director at Refugees
International.
Michael W.
Hawkins was a governor for the American
Red Cross, and is a director at Refugees
International.
Bernadine P. Healy
was the president & CEO for the American
Red Cross, and a trustee emeritus for the Hudson Institute (think tank).
Suzanne Nora
Johnson was a governor for the American
Red Cross, and is a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),
a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a
2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United States in war)
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Michael Douglas
is a director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
Warren E. Buffett
is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank).
Afsaneh M.
Beschloss is a trustee at the Urban
Institute (think tank), and a governor for the American Red Cross.
Ted
Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and the founder of CNN.
Walter Isaacson
was the chairman & CEO for CNN,
is a trustee at the Carnegie Institution
for Science, a director at the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, and the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Suzanne Nora
Johnson is a trustee at
the Carnegie Institution for Science,
a trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and was a governor for the American Red Cross.
International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a member of the American Red Cross.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE
Campaign.
Daniel R.
Glickman is a director, Congressional Program for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and married to Rhoda Glickman.
Rhoda Glickman
is married to Daniel R. Glickman,
and was a director of government relations for the Corporation for National and Community Service.
AmeriCorps is a
division of the Corporation for National
and Community Service.
Victoria Hughes
is a director at the Corporation for
National and Community Service, and was a director of corporate
philanthropy for Koch Industries.
David
H. Koch is the EVP for Koch
Industries, and a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a member of the American Red Cross.
Jonathan
Greenblatt was a fellow at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and a trustee at the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles.
Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), a co-founder for the Kissinger McLarty Associates, is an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg
(think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Kissinger
McLarty Associates was the former name for McLarty Associates.
Antonio R.
Villaraigosa was a counselor at McLarty
Associates, the Los Angeles (CA) mayor,
a member of the Los Angeles (CA) City
Council, and a board member for the Los
Angeles Fund for Public Education.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE
Campaign.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE
Campaign, a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, and is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a member of the American Red Cross.
Steven E. Carr was
a governor for the American Red Cross,
and a director at Refugees International.
Carol Ann Haake
was a governor for the American Red
Cross, and a director at Refugees
International.
Michael W.
Hawkins was a governor for the American
Red Cross, and is a director at Refugees
International.
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