January 2018 The number of visitors passing through the Afghan Peace Volunteers’ (APVs’) Borderfree Nonviolence Community Center in Kabul is incredible. Each afternoon, nearly sixty high-school-age students attend free classes to prepare them for theContinue reading
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Stepping Stones to Change – Carolyn Coe
Photo: Mursal interacts with her teacher Naser during a Friday afternoon Bridge class, a class to encourage soon-to-be Street Kid School graduates to volunteer at the Borderfree Centre. Photo credit: Carolyn Coe December 2017 AmrullahContinue reading
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
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
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