2007 Delivery

Afghans for Tomorrow Humanitarian Aid Shipment #7 through the Denton Program: 951 boxes weighing 25,569 lbs. were moved from Castle Rock and Aurora, CO to Peterson Air Force Base on December 17th, 2007. They were loaded then unloaded with the help of the New Hope Men’s Fellowship volunteers – pictured below:

Approximately 700 boxes, that had been stored in Castle Rock for over 9 months, were transported by several trucks, vans and a large bus, by the NHMF shown above. The boxes of humanitarian supplies included hand knit wool garments, blankets, shoes, clothing, sewing supplies, medical equipment, seed packets, and more.

Handicapped Children of Afghanistan Charity started by the late Khadija Omar (below right), and continued in her honor by her daughter Hassina, raised money for wheelchairs and crutches for Afghanistan last year. These filled 258 boxes shown in the two trucks (on the right) which transported these supplies from Aurora to Peterson. Khadija and her late husband Dr. Abdullah Omar were always involved in helping the less fortunate people of Afghanistan.

These boxes were loaded on pallets then airlifted to Bagram, via Ramstein AB, Germany, and brought by A4T representatives to our Kabul Office in January 2008. We thank Najibullah Sedeque and Najib Mojaddidi for all their help with the delivery and the storage of these boxes.

This was the last of the New Hope Men’s Fellowship shipments to Afghanistan. A4T is very grateful to all these volunteers.

Seven shipments have been sent from Castle Rock under the Denton Program since 2002. The Denton Program is a US Government program (under the State Dept. and USAID) to ship humanitarian aid from the US to countries around the world at government expense.

As soon as the customs have approved of these boxes, the items will be distributed to the Afghans who greatly need them.