afghan evacuees

Artist Tiffany Black partnered with two evacuees, Zainab Ahmadi and Fawzia Abdaly, to lead the mural project, which received contributions from 57 other evacuees at Camp Atterbury.

We share the story of an Afghan evacuee who was housed at Camp Atterbury. Community leaders are re-thinking how they attract employers working remotely. And Bloomington residents can submit their own plans for traffic calming devices.

Since September, the camp housed more than 7,200 evacuees as part of Operation Allies Welcome.

The next phase of the resettlement effort will be transitioning guests from military bases into permanent housing.

Last month, Gov. Eric Holcomb said he expected resettlement efforts to wrap up by the end of the year.

The National Guard base has been a temporary home for some 7,200 people who fled Afghanistan after the collapse of Kabul in August

Michael Martel, operations associate for Team Rubicon, says there’s been a steady stream of donations since evacuees began arriving at Camp Atterbury in September, and that Hoosiers have been particularly generous in their donations for infants, children and mothers.

Indianapolis’s Immigrant Welcome Center wants to help guide Hoosiers on the best ways to support Afghan refugees as they resettle across the state.

More than 50,000 Afghan evacuees are temporarily housed at U.S. military bases. Anywhere from 600 to 700 of them are expected to make Indiana their home.

After a month of processing more than 6,000 evacuees, Department of Homeland Security officials invited journalists from 10 news organizations to get a glimpse of operations at Camp Atterbury.