Husna Ahmadzai, 20, received help from Miry’s List when her family arrived in California last year from Afghanistan. And it was a domino effect from there.”The first dominoes were other refugee families who had recently arrived in Southern California. Miry Whitehill, center, started Miry’s List after finding a jumperoo for a newly arrived refugee family. A few days later he learned about Miry’s List from an Afghan colleague who was working for the organization. “Visiting a family who has been here two days, they’re confused, they’re jet-lagged, they’re worried, they’re homesick,” she said.

Source: Washington Post March 26, 2018 09:56 UTC