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Transcript/Script EnglishAfghan Refugees - Florida - Noori
HEADLINE: Aghan American Family in FloriHelps At-risk Afghans, Evacuees
TEASER:
PUBLISHED AT: 3/3/2022 at 10:15am
BYLINE: Zheela Noori
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Jacksonville, Florida
VIDEOGRAPHER: VOA Afghan Service
PRODUCER:
SCRIPT WRITER: Roshan Noorzai
SCRIPT EDITORS: KE(1sT), BR
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __
TRT: 1:54
VID APPROVED BY: KE
TYPE: TVPKG
EDITOR NOTES:))
((INTRO))
[[It’s a story as old as America, immigrants who have made their home in the United States, reaching out to help those who come after them. This is the case of an Afghan American mother and daughter in Jacksonville, Florida, who are helping with the resettlement of Afghan refugees. VOA’s Zheela Noori reports.]]
((NARRATOR))
24-year-old Madiha Zahir is a corporate lawyer who with other lawyers is partnering with the University of California Berkeley School of Law, to help Afghan families who want to flee Afghanistan and the Taliban.
She began this work in August, when the Taliban took over Kabul.
((Madiha Zahir, Corporate Lawyer (Female, Dari)))
“I helped through Berkeley Law to gather and process applications. It was taking three months. Lawyers and volunteers from all over the U.S. came together to help.”
((NARRATOR))
Zahir says bringing at-risk Afghans to the United States is now taking longer.
Her mother, Shema Zahir, is also helping. She is a volunteer with Lutheran Services in Jacksonville, Florida helping the newly arrived refugees.
They are grateful for the help.
((Fakhria, Afghan Refugee (Female, Dari)))
“We are very happy with the Afghans who are living here. They help us. We are very grateful for all of them.”
((NARRATOR))
The Community Foundation, a local organization, is also helping the newly arrived Afghans find homes in the city.
Zahir says the help is welcome.
((Madiha Zahir, Corporate Lawyer (Female, Dari))) “They trying to help them with employment and housing so they can stand on their feet. I think Afghans are happy though I think it is difficult for them going through the chaos. I think it is important for those [Afghans] who have children because they will be able to continue with their education here.”
((NARRATOR))
Part of what is making this possible is millions of dollars in donations from Jacksonville residents.
Those donations will help at least 400 Afghan refugees resettle in the city.
((Zheela Noori, VOA News, Jacksonville, Florida))
Transcript/ScriptAfghan Refugees - Florida - Noori
HEADLINE: Aghan American Family in FloriHelps At-risk Afghans, Evacuees
TEASER:
PUBLISHED AT: 3/3/2022 at 10:15am
BYLINE: Zheela Noori
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Jacksonville, Florida
VIDEOGRAPHER: VOA Afghan Service
PRODUCER:
SCRIPT WRITER: Roshan Noorzai
SCRIPT EDITORS: KE(1sT), BR
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __
TRT: 1:54
VID APPROVED BY: KE
TYPE: TVPKG
EDITOR NOTES:))
((INTRO))
[[It’s a story as old as America, immigrants who have made their home in the United States, reaching out to help those who come after them. This is the case of an Afghan American mother and daughter in Jacksonville, Florida, who are helping with the resettlement of Afghan refugees. VOA’s Zheela Noori reports.]]
((NARRATOR))
24-year-old Madiha Zahir is a corporate lawyer who with other lawyers is partnering with the University of California Berkeley School of Law, to help Afghan families who want to flee Afghanistan and the Taliban.
She began this work in August, when the Taliban took over Kabul.
((Madiha Zahir, Corporate Lawyer (Female, Dari)))
“I helped through Berkeley Law to gather and process applications. It was taking three months. Lawyers and volunteers from all over the U.S. came together to help.”
((NARRATOR))
Zahir says bringing at-risk Afghans to the United States is now taking longer.
Her mother, Shema Zahir, is also helping. She is a volunteer with Lutheran Services in Jacksonville, Florida helping the newly arrived refugees.
They are grateful for the help.
((Fakhria, Afghan Refugee (Female, Dari)))
“We are very happy with the Afghans who are living here. They help us. We are very grateful for all of them.”
((NARRATOR))
The Community Foundation, a local organization, is also helping the newly arrived Afghans find homes in the city.
Zahir says the help is welcome.
((Madiha Zahir, Corporate Lawyer (Female, Dari))) “They trying to help them with employment and housing so they can stand on their feet. I think Afghans are happy though I think it is difficult for them going through the chaos. I think it is important for those [Afghans] who have children because they will be able to continue with their education here.”
((NARRATOR))
Part of what is making this possible is millions of dollars in donations from Jacksonville residents.
Those donations will help at least 400 Afghan refugees resettle in the city.
((Zheela Noori, VOA News, Jacksonville, Florida))
NewsML Media TopicsConflict, War and Peace, Politics
NetworkVOA
Embargo DateMarch 3, 2022 21:23 EST
Description EnglishIt’s a story as old as America, immigrants who have made their home in the United States, reaching out to help those who come after them. This is the case of an Afghan American mother and daughter in Jacksonville, Florida, who are helping with the resettlement of Afghan refugees. VOA’s Zheela Noori reports.
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