When small business owner Doug Richmond heard the story of one Afghan father and how he risked his life helping Americans in their counterterrorism efforts, he was inspired to help his family. He realized the best thing he could do was to offer him a job in his business. It started with one hire, but Doug had no idea he would end up hiring a dozen men from the same Afghan special forces unit. Doug talks to Andrea about what one person can do and how we can’t know the impact of our actions.
For more, including pictures, visit us at kslpodcasts.com.
For more on Hope4Afghanistan, go to hope4afghanistan.org.
And find Sisters of Service at sistersofservice.org.
More information on PenFed Foundation’s Afghan Rescue and Resettlement program can be found at penfedfoundation.org.
Stranger Becomes Neighbor is a production of KSL Podcasts.
October 3rd, 2023, 12:15 am
Stranger Becomes Neighbor
BONUS #3 - "I Heard Their Story..."
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Published October 3rd, 2023, 12:15 am
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When small business owner Doug Richmond heard the story of one Afghan father and how he risked his life helping Americans in their counterterrorism efforts, he was inspired to help his family. He realized the best thing he could do was to offer him a job in his business. It started with one hire, but Doug had no idea he would end up hiring a dozen men from the same Afghan special forces unit. Doug talks to Andrea about what one person can do and how we can’t know the impact of our actions.
For more, including pictures, visit us at kslpodcasts.com.
For more on Hope4Afghanistan, go to hope4afghanistan.org.
And find Sisters of Service at sistersofservice.org.
More information on PenFed Foundation’s Afghan Rescue and Resettlement program can be found at penfedfoundation.org.
Stranger Becomes Neighbor is a production of KSL Podcasts.
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Stranger Becomes Neighbor
We saw it on the news. The images still haunt us.
Two years ago this month, a desperate sea of humanity rushed the Kabul airport as the American military started mass evacuations in Afghanistan. Many were left behind to face the Taliban, while some escaped to countries like Iran and Pakistan.
For over 80,000 refugees, America is now home. Their lives continue, but our news feeds have moved on, blasting stories about today’s crisis-du-jour. Now these evacuees live beside us, trying to make ends meet, find housing, gain acceptance, adapt to a new culture, and become valued members of our communities.
In Stranger Becomes Neighbor, we follow them. And we meet the Americans who have chosen to help their new neighbors. Like the stay-at-home mom who convinces a neighbor to rent out their basement to a pregnant Afghan woman, then finds herself helping to deliver the baby. Like a young widow who served in a secret pro-American unit of the Afghan military and now struggles to find childcare so she can work at Walmart.
Their stories – and the heartbreaking stories of loved ones left behind – inspire us to discover the hope and triumph of the human spirit.
What can one person do to help a stranger?
We find out on a new podcast from KSL Podcasts, the people who brought you Cold and The Letter.
Coming soon, Stranger Becomes Neighbor
