We’re just now posting this piece from Ken’s January 2018 visit with the Afghan Peace Volunteers (www.ourjourneytosmile.org), ably representing Voices. Early on the first day of 2018, as first light got a tentative fingerhold onContinue reading
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Kathy Kelly in Boston Sunday 2/18
In Boston, Massachussets starting at 3pm this Sunday (2/18), Kathy Kelly will give a talk at the Community Church of Boston (565 Boylston St in the 2nd-floor wheelchair-accessible Lothrop Auditorium), with music by CommUnity VoicesContinue reading
Fly Kites Not Drones 2018 – Maya Evans
Over the last 5 years, UK anti-drone campaigning activities have included entering the drone control base at RAF Waddington to plant a peace garden and carry out a citizens’ inspection; blockading Israeli drone manufacturer ElbitContinue reading
Death at the Gate – Ken Hannaford-Ricardi in Kabul
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
An Escalating Afghan Crisis of ‘Profit’ Over ‘Life’ – Dr. Hakim
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
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