Leadership in giving by our Gala Sponsors enables Newcomers Access Center to host a successful gala that raises money to help newcomers in our community. We appreciate the generosity of our sponsors in supporting NAC's gala and helping those less fortunate start new lives in Southern California. Visit our Gala Sponsor page to see a list of all our sponsors.
Nabila Painda gives a firsthand account of escaping the harsh rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan in a three-part series “Nabila’s Journey,” that was published in the Claremont Courier. She begins her story when she was 8 and the Taliban took over and barred girls from school. Her mother joined other brave women to start an underground school for girls, but one day Nabila watched in horror as the Taliban came and shot the women. Her mother survived, and the family fled to Pakistan for five years, returning to Afghanistan after the Taliban was removed from power. Nabila became a teacher and then a principal of a school for girls. But in 2021 when U.S. forces left Afghanistan, the Taliban returned. In the Courier articles, Nabila writes about how her family escaped again, eventually ending up in the Inland Valley. NAC helped the Painda family when they arrived in Claremont, and we are proud of its accomplishments. We hope you will read all three parts of Nabila’s powerful story of courage and determination. Her story represents one of the many families NAC serves.
Families that have been helped by Newcomers Access Center were featured in an article in The Los Angeles Times on December 23, 2023. Reporter Karen Garcia interviewed Abdul Jalil Barati from Afghanistan and Hanna Hnatova from Ukraine about their experiences rebuilding their lives in Southern California. The article focused on the challenges of finding and building community as a newcomer.
Go through the church building, go past the church office, and take the elevator and press B.
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Enter off 6th Street (free parking lot across the street), then take walkway to outside elevator and press B.
Our phone number remains (909) 455-3248.
Needed: New school supplies & backpacks for NAC families. Drop off donations between 10-2 daily. Our office is located at 233 Harrison, Suite B5 (behind the stage). Thank you. We also need books for young children to start a home library. And, we always welcome financial contributions.
Leadership in giving by our Gala Sponsors enables Newcomers Access Center to host a successful gala that raises money to help newcomers in our community. We appreciate the generosity of our sponsors in supporting NAC’s gala and helping those less fortunate start new lives in Southern California. Visit our Gala Sponsor page to see a list of all our sponsors.
Nabila Painda gives a firsthand account of escaping the harsh rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan in a three-part series “Nabila’s Journey,” that was published in the Claremont Courier. She begins her story when she was 8 and the Taliban took over and barred girls from school. Her mother joined other brave women to start an underground school for girls, but one day Nabila watched in horror as the Taliban came and shot the women. Her mother survived, and the family fled to Pakistan for five years, returning to Afghanistan after the Taliban was removed from power. Nabila became a teacher and then a principal of a school for girls. But in 2021 when U.S. forces left Afghanistan, the Taliban returned. In the Courier articles, Nabila writes about how her family escaped again, eventually ending up in the Inland Valley. NAC helped the Painda family when they arrived in Claremont, and we are proud of its accomplishments. We hope you will read all three parts of Nabila’s powerful story of courage and determination. Her story represents one of the many families NAC serves.
