The Mad River Valley Chamber of Commerce is working to re-settle two Afghan refugee families in the Mad River Valley. The families have a long-term connection to the Mad River Valley and have a passion for skiing.
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Kawoon Khamoosh
image captionMujtaba Qalandari holds a phone with a picture of Ali Joya
Separated from his distant loved ones, Ali Joya treated his friend Mujtaba Qalandari as family. The two Afghans shared both their nationality and years spent in Indonesia waiting for resettlement. He was a very bright person, Mujtaba says of Ali. He d always wished to settle abroad one day to support his mother, who is in Afghanistan. He always said, I want to make a future for myself - have a wife and children .
But the wait was too long - Ali killed himself late last year. Still in his twenties, he had been awaiting resettlement for nearly eight years.
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