{"id":2926,"date":"2024-01-03T12:31:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T12:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement-new\/?page_id=2926"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:45:20","slug":"afghan-community-devon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/ethnically-diverse-communities-directory-of-services-for-devon-plymouth-and-torbay\/section-1-voluntary-and-community-sector-organisations\/afghan-community-devon\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Community Devon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/ethnically-diverse-communities-directory-of-services-for-devon-plymouth-and-torbay\/section-1-voluntary-and-community-sector-organisations\/\">go back<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACD has been established to strengthen contact with friends and family members both locally and around the UK, in order to establish a sense of stability and belonging. One of our aims is to exchange ideas and experience, to further enhance the lives of Afghan people and the wider community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The charitable company\u2019s activities will provide benefit to the local Afghan community by helping to maintain a sense of original, cultural identity. The wider community will benefit from a greater cultural understanding and acceptance of their Afghan neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By establishing an Afghan community hub, it is hoped this will promote a sense of home and security in Devon for people who have only known their country in conflict and their lives in upheaval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current political situation in Afghanistan is a major factor affecting the mental health of individuals, and by bringing local Afghan people together and re-establishing a sense of community, we will help to strengthen them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We would welcome your involvement in our newly-established community group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<\/strong>: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"mailto:nsaifi@btinternet.com\">nsaifi@btinternet.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/ethnically-diverse-communities-directory-of-services-for-devon-plymouth-and-torbay\/section-1-voluntary-and-community-sector-organisations\/\">go back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>go back ACD has been established to strengthen contact with friends and family members both locally and around the UK, in order to establish a sense of stability and belonging. One of our aims is to exchange ideas and experience, to further enhance the lives of Afghan people and the wider community. The charitable company\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2535,"featured_media":0,"parent":2899,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2926","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 09:22:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2535"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5868,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2926\/revisions\/5868"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/migration-and-resettlement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}