A nation abandoned.
The world moved on, but we didn't.

When the last U.S. military plane lifted off from Kabul in August 2021, millions of Afghans were left behind — U.S. allies, human rights workers, religious minorities, and women who had dared to build a future under a fragile democracy. VPP was already on the ground before the world had finished watching.

3M+

Meals delivered to families

6M hrs

Of heat delivered via Coal for Christmas

$100

Sustains one person per month

$250

Feeds 4 families one month

For two decades, Afghans built lives and a future that the next regime would seek to erase.

What was built

Girls' education expanded dramatically. Female representation in parliament reached 27%. Civil society organizations, independent media, and a fragile democratic infrastructure took root across urban centers.

Who was most at risk

Afghan interpreters and cultural advisors who worked with U.S. and NATO forces. Human rights workers. Journalists. Religious minorities — Christians, Hazara Shia Muslims, Sikhs, and Jews. Women in public life.

Prince Wafa — VPP's Afghan Operations Director — was one of thousands of Afghans who served as a cultural advisor and interpreter for the U.S. Military. He received his Special Immigrant Visa in 2014 and built a life in San Diego. He believed Afghanistan was changing. Most of his family remained behind.

The people who trusted the United States most were the people left most exposed when that trust was broken.
Jason Jones

The Taliban took Kabul in eleven days. While the world watched, VPP moved quickly.

On August 15, 2021, Taliban forces entered Kabul. The Afghan government collapsed. The U.S. Embassy evacuated. Tens of thousands of Afghans rushed to Hamid Karzai International Airport — and chaos followed. On August 26, a suicide bomber detonated at Abbey Gate, killing 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghan civilians.

The immediate crisis

Hundreds of U.S. allies, interpreters, and at-risk individuals were stranded with no evacuation route. Official channels were overwhelmed or closed. Private networks became the only option.

How VPP responded

Jason Jones received a call about a friend's mother trapped in Kabul. What began as one rescue became hundreds. VPP built a network of safe houses and evacuation corridors within days of the collapse.

Prince Wafa returned to Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover. VPP helped him and his family evacuate. He now directs VPP's ongoing operations from San Diego — proof that the people VPP serves become the people who carry the mission forward.

Baby Jesoor — an infant separated from his family in the chaos at Abbey Gate — was reunited with his parents in September 2022 through VPP's network. He is one of hundreds with a story that almost ended differently.
Jason Jones

The cameras left. The crisis didn't.

Three years after the Taliban takeover, Afghanistan has largely disappeared from international headlines. But the humanitarian catastrophe has deepened. Taliban rule has systematically dismantled women's rights, closed girls' schools, and eliminated civil society. The economy has collapsed. Millions face starvation. Religious and ethnic minorities live under constant threat.

Programs

Safe houses: VPP maintains secure locations for U.S. allies, human rights workers, and religious and ethnic minorities awaiting evacuation or long-term refuge. $100 sustains one person for one month.

Food program: 3 million meals and counting Monthly food distribution to families across Afghanistan. $250 feeds four families for one month in the Herat region and surrounding areas.

Coal for Christmas: 6 million hours of heat Afghan winters are brutal. VPP's Coal for Christmas program delivers fuel to families who would otherwise face a deadly winter without heat. Directed by Prince Wafa from San Diego.

Women's health clinic: Under Taliban rule, women's access to healthcare has been systematically restricted. VPP has opened a women's health clinic providing essential medical services to women who have no other option.

Wells and water access: VPP has drilled wells to provide potable water to communities cut off from clean water sources — a basic need the collapsed Afghan state can no longer reliably provide.

School security: VPP provides security for schools so children — including girls in defiance of Taliban orders — can continue to learn. When Afghan students heard about the Lahaina wildfire, they raised funds for Hawaiian children.

Sustained presence, because the need has no end date.

VPP does not operate on an emergency timeline in Afghanistan. The Hope for Afghanistan program is a long-term commitment — to the people in the safe houses, to the families receiving food, to the children in the schools, to the women using the clinic. As long as the Taliban governs and the international community remains absent, VPP will remain present.

Immediate priorities

Sustaining safe house operations. Expanding the Coal for Christmas program ahead of winter. Continuing food distribution to families in the Herat region affected by the 2023 earthquake.

Long-term commitments

Women's health clinic expansion. Well-drilling in underserved rural communities. School security so a generation of Afghan children does not grow up entirely without education.

Afghanistan taught us that a crisis doesn't end when the world stops watching. It ends when the people inside it are finally safe. We're not there yet.
Jason Jones

Suggest Donation Amount

$100

Sustains one person in a VPP safe house for one month — shelter, food, security.

$250

Feeds four families for one month in the Herat region.

$500

Sustains one person in a VPP safe house for one month — shelter, food, security.

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A nation abandoned. The world moved on, but we didn't.

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A nation abandoned.
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