Stories of Impact

By Matthew Marcellus, Director of Communications, No One Left Behind The Zaki family celebrate their six-month anniversary of arriving to the United States, Oct. 12, 2025, along with sponsors. Photo provided by Jane Patton. ARLINGTON, Va.  – When Arifa Zaki's work supporting American evacuation efforts made her family a Taliban target, the Virginia-based nonprofit No One Left Behind stepped in to provide what the U.S. government no longer could: a flight to safety. On April 9

My name is Zohra Neda. I was born and raised in Kabul and Balkh, Afghanistan. I completed both my schooling and university education in Afghanistan, graduating with a degree from the Faculty of Computer Science. Over the years, I have had the privilege of working with various international organizations. Between 2017 and 2018, I collaborated with Chemonics International on the Women in Government project in Kabul, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID

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My name is Amena Saddat, a woman who once lived in Afghanistan, where I worked for eight years as a teacher at a public school. Those...

Today marks the fourth anniversary of the Fall of Kabul - a day that changed everything for tens of thousands of Afghan allies who risked...

We have reached the final chapter in Ibrahim’s SIV journey. After 15 long years of waiting, reapplying, and living in limbo, he finally...

This is part 4 of a 5-part series about Ibrahim’s journey to the United States.  After 15 long years of waiting, four interviews, and...

This is part 3 of a 5-part series about Ibrahim’s journey to the United States.  You can hear it in his voice: the frustration, the sense...

This is part 2 of a 5-part series about Ibrahim’s journey to the United States.  When an Iraqi or Afghan ally chose to serve the United...

This is part 1 of a 5-part series about Ibrahim’s journey to the United States.  Meet Ibrahim, aka B.  He served as an interpreter for...

Zalmai Sharifi’s life took a dramatic and irreversible turn when he and his family were flown from Albania to Seattle, Washington. As the...