Afghan Health Initiative

Health and wellness through Health and wellness programming, ahi has conducted home visits to prevent and decrease harmful Health effects of lead for over 30 immigrant and immigrant children from afghanistan, conducted education and encouraged followup lead testing in over 120 children with elevated blood lead levels and facilitated the replacement of harmful lead containing cookware for more than 20 families and 45 children. Moreover, ahi has provided covid related information to hard-to-reach community members through employing linguistically ppropriate information, social media campaigns, listening sessions, outreach methods and more.

Basic needs: ahi has provided 135,240 lbs of food, diapers, childrens items, and emergency aid to over 350 families, 10,000 masks, 800 bottles of sanitizer, and in-language navigation of public assistance to more than 1,700 families over the course of the pandemic.

Immigrant to immigrant: ahi's immigrant to immigrant programs has helped more than 325 families with casemanagement and systems navigation, provided youth programming for 25 immigrant and refugee students, civic democracy literacy and voters registration assistance, and a series of self-sufficiency workshops and information sessions to enhance the economic independence and self-sufficiency of the immigrant and refugee community for over 200 individuals. Ahi has also served as a first point-of contact for king county's eviction prevention assistance program for dari, farsi, and pashto speakers experiencing housing instability.