A Troop 269 Eagle Scout service project
Rohan is leading the effort to pack and deliver hygiene kits for refugees and survivors of trafficking who are rebuilding their lives in Silicon Valley, with others in his troop helping. You can help by donating supplies or covering the cost of materials.
Organized with the International Rescue Committee in San Jose, who distributes every kit.
Why it matters
When someone arrives with nothing, fleeing war or escaping exploitation, the first thing they lose is a sense of dignity. The IRC in San Jose meets people at that moment: resettling refugees and asylum seekers, and, through its dedicated anti-trafficking program, helping survivors reach safety and self-sufficiency.
Those survivors aren't only from far away. The IRC's anti-trafficking services support vulnerable youth and adults including U.S. citizens, trafficked and exploited right here in our own communities. A hygiene kit is a small, immediate way to say: you're welcome here, and you matter.
Rohan wrote more about what's driving global displacement in Armed Conflicts and the Refugee Crisis.
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The IRC in San Jose · Fiscal Year 2025
Source: IRC in San Jose FY25 Info Sheet. Most clients came from Afghanistan, with others from the U.S., Ukraine, Venezuela, El Salvador, Mexico, and Syria.
What you're giving
Every kit is a complete set of the basics a person needs to feel clean, cared for, and human on day one.
Based on the IRC's official family kit. New & unopened items only, nothing expired. Per-person figures are our estimate; confirm before printing.
One kit is a complete set for one person. The IRC's official spec covers a family of four, which equals four kits. Switch to the "Family of 4" view to see the full household list. Not up for a whole kit? Any single item off the list still helps complete one.
Prefer to shop online? The Amazon Wish List mirrors these items, so everything ships straight to the collection point, no guesswork. Short on time? A fund donation lets us buy in bulk and fill the exact gaps, so no kit goes out incomplete.
A single-person kit runs about $50; a full family kit (four people) about $200.
Every one is a person who gets to start clean.
Three ways to help
Contribute supplies, or help cover the cost of materials. Every path helps us pack and deliver more kits.
Most tangible
Pick items off our Amazon Wish List and they ship directly to the collection point. You choose exactly what you give.
In person
Bring new, unopened items to our collection point during drop-off hours. Great for troops, classrooms, and neighbors.
If you can
Chip in toward the supplies we still need to reach our goal. Funds are raised on behalf of the IRC in San Jose, and anything beyond the project's needs goes directly to them.
Our goal
Follow along as supplies come in and kits get packed and delivered.
About this project
This hygiene-kit drive is the Eagle Scout service project of Rohan Bachmann, Troop 269, run in partnership with the San Jose branch of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), so every kit reaches the people who need it, through an organization that has done this work for over 45 years.
Rohan is leading the effort, with Scouts from Troop 269 helping pack and deliver the kits. The IRC's San Jose team distributes the kits directly to refugees, asylum seekers, and survivors of trafficking as part of their resettlement and anti-trafficking services.
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"Creating a community of welcome in Silicon Valley."
What a kit gives
Placeholder illustrations for now. When you have approved photos, they drop right into these three frames.
The first clean, cared-for morning after arriving with nothing.
Every kit is packed by hand and given, person to person, with dignity.
A small welcome that says: you're safe here, and you matter.