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Spirit of America is working closely with US military and State Department personnel to meet the urgent needs of Ukrainian forces. Save lives by providing body armor, helmets, first aid kits, food supplies, and more to Ukrainian soldiers and civilian volunteers on the front lines.

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Spirit of America supports women’s health in Syria

In the barren courtyard of the Diban Health Clinic, roughly a two-hour bumpy drive south of Deir ez-Zor, Syria, a group of local women, clad in colorful hijabs or black niqabs (Islamic garments), wait in line. A team of American Special Operations soldiers and...

Spirit of America supports Ukrainian refugees in Poland

Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine has created the largest refugee crisis since World War II. Over 4.8 million Ukrainians have arrived in Poland alone, with a large majority of these refugees being women and children. The large scale of this humanitarian crisis...

Ukrainian Ministry of Defense presents Spirit of America with an award

Last week, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense presented Spirit of America with an award recognizing our significant assistance to Ukrainian soldiers and civilian volunteers. CEO Jim Hake also received a medal honoring him as a partner to the Ministry of Defense...

Afghanistan to Albania to America: A new home for the Afghan evacuees

After the Taliban retook Afghanistan, Spirit of America acted quickly to help our loyal Afghan partners who were in danger because of their connections to the United States. Working closely with Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and the US Embassy Tirana, our team...

Little Kabul in Albania: Escaping the Taliban

In October I had the opportunity to travel to Albania and visit with the group of 121 Afghan evacuees that Spirit of America was supporting. As I entered the hotel compound in Shëngjin where the evacuees are staying – an area that had essentially become an...

Culinary diplomacy: Supporting Afghan refugees in Tajikistan

Crackles of boiling oil, scrapes of a metal ladle against a giant iron kazan, or Tajik cookpot, and rhythmic chopping of knives on wooden cutting boards created a cacophony that could only mean a delicious meal of Tajik osh, or palov, was to come. In Tajikistan,...