STRONGHOLD RESCUE AND RELIEF: My friend Ephraim Mattos, a former Navy SEAL founded this organization in 2019 as a means to support those in dire need around the world with as little overhead as possible. We must keep EMERGENCYвЂ™s doors open for the nationвЂ™s most vulnerable. Millions of Afghan lives have been saved since 1994. While much media attention in recent days has been focused on the calamity surrounding the Kabul airport, letвЂ™s not forget the embattled Afghans left behind with nowhere left to go and no prospect of leaving anytime soon.Д®MERGENCY not only has a critical hospital to treat the war wounded in the heart of Kabul, but it also offers life-saving medical services across the country far from the mediaвЂ™s purview.

(Side note: вЂњAfghaniвЂќ is the currency not the people.)ДЄs many of you have been asking which organizations to support, and while there are many I have a few recommendations of ones I trust in directly aiding the Afghan people:ДЄs an honorary board member of EMERGENCY USA for the past four-and-a-half years, I can personally attest to the incredible work this organization has done and continues to do for Afghans in need.

In times I feel guttered with helplessness, wishing that I could do more than merely bring words and visuals to the surface of those caught in the crossfire, IвЂ™m grateful for the many selfless humans doing extortionary work to assist those most in need. Thank you for all your kind words and support, and for following the work of myself and photographer Jake Simkin as we attempt to bring to light the twilight days of the U.S.

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