Task Force Foxfire

TASK FORCE FOXFIRE IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE CHARITABLE WORK OF ASSISTING AND ADVOCATING FOR REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS GLOBALLY, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS IN CONFLICT ZONES AROUND THE WORLD.

ADVOCACY: TASK FORCE FOXFIRE'S PRIMARY EFFORT IS FOCUSED ON IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY FOR AT-RISK AFGHANS (US CITIZENS, LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS (LPR)S, AND SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA (SIV) HOLDERS) AND THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH STATUS, TRYING TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF THE US-SUPPORTED AFGHAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. THIS ACTIVITY INVOLVED THE COMPILATION, VETTING, AND TRACKING OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE WHO WE WERE PUT IN CONTACT WITH OR WHO REACHED OUT TO US DIRECTLY. ON THEIR BEHALF, WE THEN RELAYED, LIAISED, AND COORDINATED WITH OUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS WORKING FOR, AND WITH, THE US GOVERNMENT (USG) EVACUATION EFFORT TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS REACH SAFETY. TFF WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING SOME OF THEM SAFELY OUT, HOWEVER MANY MORE OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT WE ARE TRACKING REMAIN IN DANGER. WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF VIA THE OFFICIAL USG CHANNELS ESTABLISHED FOR ONGOING RELIEF.

RESETTLEMENT SUPPORT: A SECONDARY ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY TFF WAS RESETTLEMENT SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES BEING RELOCATED TO THE UNITED STATES. THIS WAS INITIALLY FOCUSED ON THE PROVISION OF INTERPRETER SERVICES TO THE RESETTLEMENT EFFORT, OPERATION ALLIES WELCOME, COORDINATED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS) AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS). PENDING THE NECESSARY FUNDING, WE COORDINATED WITH OUR EXISTING CONTACTS WHO ARE, OR KNEW, AFGHAN-AMERICANS WILLING TO TRAVEL TO RESETTLEMENT LOCATIONS AND EITHER VOLUNTEER OR SUB-CONTRACT THEIR SERVICES AS DARI AND PASHTO SPEAKERS. OUR AIM WAS TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR TRAVEL TO AND FROM THESE LOCATIONS. HOWEVER, FUNDING GOALS WERE NOT MET FOR THIS YEAR, AND WE HAD TO POSTPONE ANY PLANNED SUPPORT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. FURTHERMORE, WE PLAN TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF OUR SUPPORT SERVICES TO INCLUDE THE SOURCING AND DELIVERY OF NEEDED DONATED GOODS (I.E. CLOTHING, BEDDING, TOILETRIES, ETC.) FROM OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO THESE LOCATIONS.