We support, evacuate, and resettle at-risk Afghans.
So far, we have evacuated over 1,800 Afghans. Our goal is to evacuate 700 more in the next year.
Operation Snow Leopard is 501c3 committed to facilitating the continued safe evacuation and resettlement of high-risk Afghans including children, women leaders, human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, interpreters, athletes, filmmakers, and other vulnerable minorities who have been left behind.
Founded by a group of veterans and civilian allies, we have been engaged in honoring our promise to our Afghan allies since August 2021. So far we have evacuated over 1,800 high-risk Afghans. Our goal is to evacuate at least 700 more Afghans in the next year.
WHAT WE DO
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Evacuation
Our evacuation efforts focus on the following key areas: driving diplomatic groundwork, securing destinations, providing immigration support, vetting partner organizations, creating evacuation plans, monitoring operations, and communicating directly with our evacuees to support them throughout the evacuation process.
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Resettlement
OSL is working to create a seamless refugee resettlement operation for Afghans and other recently arrived refugees by bringing together a coalition of relevant organizations and government officials.
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Moving Families
Moving a family is a complex process, with five major steps: Manifesting, Gathering Documents, Facilitating Travel, Finding Safe Lodging, & Resettlement. Each focus area requires a specialized approach, and our volunteers are continually evolving best practices to find the safest and most effective pathways for the people under our care. We observe all laws and applicable international conventions when conducting operations.
“On September, 1, 2021… 19 million Afghan women and girls were effectively rendered voiceless under the new regime. We were driven to action by our commitment to keep the promise our nation made, so we will be their voice. This may seem like someone else’s problem, but it’s not, this belongs to all of us because this is a tragic human’s right issue, with severe security and economic impacts.”
- Karen Kraft, Volunteer (documentary producer, former US Army Officer)
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