December 10, 2016 December 10th marks the U.N. Human Rights Day, celebrating and upholding the indispensable and crucial declaration of universal human rights.On the eve of this event, I visited a refugee camp housing 700 families inContinue reading
Category: Afghanistan
See How We Live
December 8, 2016 Here in Kabul, I’m generally an early riser at the home of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, but I’m seldom alone. Facing exams, my young friends awaken early and then stay up lateContinue reading
Where to Turn
In July 1941, Albert Einstein, ten months a US citizen, wrote Eleanor Roosevelt asking her, as First Lady, to raise with the president the matter of lifting bureaucratic hurdles so that Jewish refugees threatened by Hitler’s finalContinue reading
To Touch a Colorful Afghanistan
The Afghan Peace Volunteers celebrate International Peace Day with the visually impaired and blind students at Rayaab (Rehabilitation Services for the Blind Afghanistan ). Read, watch and share by clicking The Afghan Peace Volunteers.
Kabul River and Standing Rock Sioux By Hakim Young
Afghan Peace Volunteers in solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux. Read, watch and share here.
An Afghan Outing and the River Heals Us By Hakim Young
The Afghan Peace Volunteers share moments of grief and find comfort in being together. Read, watch and share by clicking The Afghan Peace Volunteers.
A Message of Friendship from the Afghan Peace Volunteers
Please click the link to view the latest stories from the Afghan Peace Volunteers.
FRIENDS DESPITE AFGHAN WAR RUINS By Hakim
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Building a Nest by Carolyn Coe
The Afghan Peace Volunteers have twenty teams in Kabul, Afghanistan, to promote the goals of an equal, nonviolent, and sustainable world. Among their efforts, they run a school that offers literacy and nonviolence classes toContinue reading
Blood Ink By Carolyn Coe
Zarghuna has inked a drawing at the mound of her thumb. I draw here when I’m in pain, she says, pressing where the ink has just dried. Her exam was scheduled for 8 a.m. But when she gotContinue reading