Photo: Surkh Gul’s daughter needs clean water (Dr. Hakim) November 14, 2017 “My family’s water well has dried up,” 18-year-old Surkh Gul said. “Ours too,” echoed 13-year-old Inaam. A distressed Surkh Gul lamented, “We haveContinue reading
Category: Afghan Peace Volunteers
The Quality of Mercy – by Kathy Kelly
November 22, 2017 During the spring of 1999, as part of Voices in the Wilderness’s campaign to end indiscriminately lethal U.S./U.N. economic sanctions against Iraq, the Fellowship of Reconciliation arranged for two Nobel Peace laureates,Continue reading
Abolishing War in Singapore – Dr. Hakim
Above: The sole existing photo of Hakim’s paternal grandfather, killed at Changi in 1942 November 3, 2017 On the 28th of June, I spoke at a small event organized by my friends from Amber Air,Continue reading
Kathy Kelly in Madison Nov 9
Trillions for the Military: Will That Make Us Secure? Nov 9, 2017 7:00 PM Edgewood College-Predolin Humanities Center, Anderson Auditorium 1000 Edgewood College Dr. , Madison, Wisconsin 53711 Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative NonviolenceContinue reading
From the Ground Up
Photo: Masoumah invites Afghan mothers to speak about difficulties they face (credit: APVs) October 30, 2017 On a recent Friday at the Afghan Peace Volunteers‘ (APV) Borderfree Center, here in Kabul, thirty mothers sat cross-leggedContinue reading
Damn, I don’t want Rahman to end up being killed
1st October 2017 Sultan, Ali’s brother, was killed in August 2016. Hussein, Bismillah’s uncle, was killed in April 2017. I don’t want Rahman, Inaam’s brother, to end up being killed. Rahman is now training toContinue reading
UNDP Video on Zarghona and the APVs
From http://www.af.undp.org/content/afghanistan/en/home/ourwork/crisispreventionandrecovery/successstories/peace–the-distant–hopeful-dream-of-every-afghan.html: One Autumn day in 1998, seven-year old Zarghona Darya was doing her homework on the floor of the family house in Bamyan province, when her father rushed in, shouting “Taliban! Taliban!” It wasContinue reading
Portraits From Kabul – Carolyn Coe
December 28, 2016 Ghulam Reza often plays at the Borderfree Centre. He’s 5 years, 3 mos. On Saturday, he was filling an empty chips bag with water, tying off the top, and pushing it along,Continue reading
Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, Drones, East Asia, Middle East, Nonviolent Resistance Actions, U.S. - Russia Tensions
New Book: VOICES FOR PEACE- War, Resistance and America’s Quest for Full-Spectrum Dominance
This timely anthology edited by T.J. Coles includes articles by Voices for Creative Nonviolence co-coordinators Kathy Kelly and Brian Terrell, along with Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Cynthia McKinney, Bruce Gagnon and others.. It can beContinue reading
IN AFGHANISTAN, WE’RE LEARNING TO CALM DOWN AND TO RELATE
July 9, 2017 You can view a one minute video clip of a conversation between Afghan street kids and Indian 5th graders above: From Afghanistan, children and youth learn through relationships 9th July 2017 By Dr Hakim BothContinue reading