Afghanistan - how to help

​Our Tooting community always comes together in the face of adversity, and I know many local residents will want to help those impacted by the current situation in Afghanistan in any way they can. That is why I have compiled a list of organisations and charities currently working to support Afghan refugees: 

To provide refugee accommodation: 

Refugees at Home: UK charity which connects those with a spare room with refugees and asylum seekers in need of somewhere to stay. Apply to be a host here. 

Room for Refugees: Community hosting network that offers safe, temporary homes and emotional support for insecurely-housed refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable groups - families, the sick, the elderly and unaccompanied asylum seeking children with no recourse to public funds. Apply to offer accommodation here. 

Wandsworth Borough Council: Residents, businesses, or other landlords who could offer a property for new arrivals are being asked to register their details - they are particularly keen to hear from those with 3 to 4 bedroom properties available. To offer accommodation, contact Wandsworth Borough Council via email at landlordlettings@wandsworth.gov.uk or by phone on 020 8871 7333.

Local Organisations: 

Care4Calais: Asking for volunteers, financial donations and donations clothes, shoes, phones or other essentials at drop off points:

• Make a financial donation here
• Sign-up to volunteer, email annie@care4calais.org
• Drop off point in Colliers Wood (42 Station Rd, London SW19 2LP), contact point: Seema on 07710 000052
• Drop off point in Streatham Hill (Blairderry Rd, London SW2 4SB), contact point Kara at SouthdropC4C@outlook.com

National Organisations: 

Choose Love: Supporting projects providing vital aid and services to Afghan people who have fled the country: clothes, shelter, support for children and groups protecting women and children’s rights.

• Donate here. 

British Red Cross: Calling for donations to help staff and volunteers provide emotional support and essential items, including warm clothes, blankets, soap, toothbrushes and nappies.

• Donate here 

Save the Children: Calling for donations to an emergency fund. 

• Donate here. 

Action Aid: Calling for emergency donations to help charity provide emergency humanitarian assistance including food, water, and essential items such as hygiene kits, cash, tarpaulins, tents, cooking utensils, clothing, and bedding.

• Donate here

Afghanaid: Afghanaid is a British humanitarian and development organisation, currently asking for donations to assist response to the Afghan crisis

• Donate here. 

UNICEF: Raising money to support children in Afghanistan

• Donate online here or via phone at 0300 330 5699

UNHCR: Calling for donations to help the organisation in the distribution of family tents, hygiene kits, core relief items like blankets, sleeping mats and kitchen sets. 

• Donate here 

The Big Give: Delivering emergency support to families whose lives have been destroyed or uprooted by the conflict.

• Donate here. 

Muslim Aid: Calling for donations to Afghanistan Emergency Appeal.

• Donate here. 

Islamic Relief: Calling for donations to aid Afghan’s on the ground in Afghanistan, and when they come to the UK. 

• Donate here. 

Doctors Without Borders: The MSF teams are responding to the crisis in Afghanistan, providing medical aid, expertise and life-saving supplies during the escalating crisis.
Donate here. 

Paiwand: Established an Afghan Resettlement Emergency Fund, supporting displaced Afghans in need of assistance. 

• Donate here. 

Refugee Council: Providing aid, including mental health support, for refugees arriving in the UK. 

• Donate here.