Homes Not Borders @HNB_US

April showers bring...a need for more twin bedding?! Support HNB by donating clean, lightly used twin bedding or shopping our Amazon wishlist: ow.ly/vUPO50RkFQW #Generosity #WelcomeRefugees #APlaceToPutYourHeadatNight

🌍 Happy Earth Day! At HNB, we reuse, reduce and recycle every day. Atheer, our intrepid carpenter/driver, with a lil training from our awesome volunteers, reuses and recycles broken furniture to give dignified furnishing to newly-arrived families. #SustainableLiving 🌿💚🌏

Because apartments are so expensive, large families frequently have to squeeze into smaller apartments. While we can't make an apartment bigger, we were able to utilize this space for 6 beds, personalized for each family member!

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Coffee tables are not one of our most donated items. Atheer, our carpenter and driver, has been hard at work making coffee tables out of scrap wood and repurposed dining table extenders. Check out his work: part of a sweet set up for a family of four from Afghanistan.

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Our artisan for the month of April is Sudaba! She developed a great interest in jewelry making while living in Kabul. At New Neighbor Designs.com, she has been selling her items and rekindling her passion for this art. In April, all her items are 20% off in our shop!

Lots of excitement about the #Eclipse today but it doesn’t overshadow the important work we still do everyday, like setting up this tidy apartment for a dad, mom, and 3 little boys from Afghanistan. If you look closely, there’s a playground outside. Perfect for sunny days!

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As part of this year's spending bill, Congress is providing for an additional 12,000 special immigrant visas for Afghans who assisted the US military. We wish it was more, but continue to provide furnishings for apartments like this one for an Afghan family. #Welcome Refugees

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We are excited and grateful to Montgomery County Government (@mocogov) for selecting us for the Underserved Communities Projects grant! We will be able to award 15-16 Moving Up Fund awardees each year for the next 3 years! We cannot wait to restart this program this summer!

Sew Successful, our series of sewing classes for Afghan refugees was so successful, that the State Department @GlobalTiesUS asked our Board member and Sew Successful sponsor Maura Fulton and Family Services Director Manizha Azizi to come to speak at their 2024 National meeting.

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Pillows, pillows every where! As soon as Amal gets them in, they are going out the door (48 pillows to 48 people just this week). We’ve gotten 126 donated. 174 more to make our goal! Click on the link and help a refugee sleep comfortably. ow.ly/kv7950QXOhg

When two 26 foot trucks full of furniture get donated, we have to say WOW! Thank you to @GreenStandards, this is going to help 10-20 families in the DMV. Thanks to the crew for going above and beyond to move the stuff into our warehouse! #WelcomeRefugees #Grateful

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HNB welcomes Amal Abuldood to our team! Amal is our new Warehouse Manager, ensuring that the operations of our warehouse goes smoothly. Amal started out as a volunteer with HNB, most recently translating for newcomers who speak Arabic. Amal feels most at home cooking Iraqi food.

It is amazing to see what a few hours, volunteers, and many donations can do to create such an inviting space for our future families. Thank you to our volunteers for thoughtfully setting up this home for an Afghan family of 4! They will surely cherish it! #WelcomeRefugees

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During their spring break Service Trip, our new friends at Wartburg College (@WartburgCollege) in Iowa joined us for a home setup! Thanks to their help, we were able to swiftly set up a home for an Afghan family of 7. #WelcomeRefugees #WartburgServiceTravel

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We had the pleasure of setting up this beautiful space for a family of 8 from Nicaragua! We recognize the toll these journeys take on families, especially large ones in this case, and strive to create an environment where they can feel more at peace and at home.

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It is such a treat setting up homes for families with younger kids because we sometimes get to meet them. So many Afghan families have been in refugee camps before coming here. We always hope the furniture and toys makes this families' transition to the DMV a little easier.

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In order for families to build their home away from home, we include pots & pans in each of our set ups! So please help us purchase pots & pans through our Amazon Wishlist: ow.ly/fuif50QHPm1 We greatly appreciate your helping our new neighbors thrive!

We don't always get our clients' back stories before we set up their homes. We're left to wonder how a 31 year old Afghan woman came to journey to the DMV by herself. What we can do is set up this sweet little apartment for her and wish all good things for her. #WelcomeRefugees

There is no one better to set up a living space for a family with 3 young boys than, well, middle schoolers! Thank you to the group of 6th and 7th graders from Maret School for helping with this set up for an Afghan family of 5. You made this space that much more special!

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Check out this new start for a couple with their four school-age daughters. The dad was a US federal contractor in Kabul. Mom's smile was wide as she cooked flatbread in their newly furnished apartment. A touch of home in their new home! #WelcomeRefugees #HomesNotBorders

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