SASIC Series, The Rest of the Story, Episode 1: Intro to Services to Afghan Survivors Impacted by Combat

Send us Fan MailThe Rest of the Story — Episode 1: Intro to Services for Afghan Survivors Impacted by CombatIn August 2021, the world watched Afghan families flee Kabul, crowding airfields to catch the last flights out. Within days, the world stopped watching. This series is about what happened next.When the planes landed in the U.S., tens of thousands of Afghan newcomers arrived carrying the weight of combat-related trauma. They entered into a resettlement system that wasn't ready for them. The Rest of the Story follows the people whose job it became to help — through a federal program called SASIC: Services to Afghan Survivors Impacted by Combat.In this first episode, we meet Zahida Jaffer, case management coordinator at the International Rescue Committee, who was there at the very beginning, She worked inside the tent communities on a U.S. Air Force base in 2021 and spent the years that followed helping other families rebuild. Family physician Dr. Shoshana Aleinikoff sets the scene from the clinic side: a system that had quietly atrophied, and the flood of calls that brought it back to life. Together they introduce the program, the community it served, and the ideas that run underneath everything to come: trauma-informed care, cultural humility, and wraparound support.SASIC was funded by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and delivered by the International Rescue Committee in partnership with HealthPoint and Harborview Medical Center.This episode references war, displacement, and trauma.Produced and hosted by Dr. Duncan Reid, MDAbout SASIC:https://ethnomed.org/services-to-afghan-survivors-impacted-by-combat-sasic/Featuring: Dr. Shoshana Aleinikoff, MD Director of Immigrant and Refugee Health at HealthPoint ClinicZahida Jaffer, Case Management Coordinator for the SASIC program at the International Rescue CommitteeVisit EthnoMed.org for additional resources. Follow us on YouTube and Instagram @EthnoMedUW