When small business owner Doug Richmond heard the story of one Afghan father and how he risked his life helping Americans in their counterterrorism efforts, he was inspired to help his family. He realized the best thing he could do was to offer him a job in his business. It started with one hire, but Doug had no idea he would end up hiring a dozen men from the same Afghan special forces unit. Doug talks to Andrea about what one person can do and how we can’t know the impact of our actions.
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For more on Hope4Afghanistan, go to hope4afghanistan.org.
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More information on PenFed Foundation’s Afghan Rescue and Resettlement program can be found at penfedfoundation.org.
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