The Vulnerable People Project, a Catholic apostolate, has succeeded in brokering the resettlement of 20 displaced Afghan girls and arranging their medical treatment in Spain in collaboration with the Jewish Humanitarian Response.
The Vulnerable People Project (VPP) worked in “collaboration with the Jewish Humanitarian Response (JHR) to evacuate 20 Afghan girls to Spain after an ISIS attack,” the organization told CatholicVote.
“We are working with the JHR to help young girls aged 14 – 19 who were victims of an ISIS attack at their school in Kaaj, Afghanistan,” said VPP founder and President Jason Jones:
The Spanish government, working with VPP, has granted visas to 20 out of a total of 118 girls affected. The remainder will go to Canada.
VPP stated that the “urgent mission” of stepping in to help the girls was not only a matter of resettlement, but of providing them “with medical attention, language translation and community support.”
“Our team will be on the ground in Spain along with members of the Jewish Humanitarian Response to greet the first group of displaced girls to assure them of our support,” VPP Legislative and Diplomatic Liaison Marilis Pineiro explained. “Their parents are unable to accompany the girls because they did not have passports, but because of the severity of the injuries they sustained from the ISIS attack, it was determined it is best to move the girls now and get them medical care, then parents will follow soon.”