Afghan refugee reflects on life after Taliban takeover; nonprofit gives out laptops to refugees

FOX7 - Austin, TX

by Angela Shen
March 19, 2023

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“A nonprofit that works with refugees gave them something that many of us take for granted. Global Impact Initiative gave out 80 laptops to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S.

‘Computers are no longer a luxury. They're a necessity,’ Anjum Malik, executive director of Global Impact Initiative said. ‘[Refugees] can learn English, or men to find jobs, for the women to learn English and for children to get tutored.’

Hamad Timori received one of the laptops. ‘I need to use this,’ he said.

He's also an Afghan refugee. ‘We left everything like our other family members,’ he said. ‘Everything is different, because in Afghanistan was different, like the culture, everything was different in the U.S.’”

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