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Orphanages
It has been estimated that there are 28,000 children living in the streets of Kabul. This does not include the other cities or villages in Afghanistan or in Pakistan that also have their share of homeless children. It also does … Continue reading
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Request a Speaker
Host a speaker from Afghan Women’s Mission or RAWA to raise awareness in your own community about what’s happening in Afghanistan and how people can help. CLICK HERE to request a speaker. Continue reading
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Organize a House Party
You can do your part to help RAWA by raising crucial funds for this remarkable organization by organizing a house party. Your efforts will help sustain RAWA’s life-saving projects. CLICK HERE to learn more. Continue reading
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Volunteer Your Time and Services
If you would like to help but don’t have lots of money, consider donating some of your time to organizing your own fundraiser for us, or raising awareness in other ways. CLICK HERE to learn more. Continue reading
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Donate Stock, Property, Real Estate, and More
Find out more about other ways to donate including through stocks, property, bequests, trusts, life insurance, IRAs, pension plans, Employer Matching Funds, and in-kind donations. CLICK HERE to learn more. Continue reading
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Afghan feminists fighting from under the burqa
Jon Boone in Kabul
guardian.co.uk
Friday 30 April 2010 17.30BST
Afghan women wearing burqas walk towards a market in the centre of Kabul. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
Feminists in Afghanistan are forced to operate as underground movement, often using the burqa as a convenient disguise. Continue reading
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Afghan Crafts at Antimall this Saturday!
If you missed our Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar last weekend because of the heavy rains, not to worry – you still have the chance to purchase our one-of-a-kind hand-made items from Afghanistan this Saturday at the Antimall!
WHAT: 8th Annual Antimall
WHEN: Saturday December 19th, 12 noon – 7 pm
WHERE: 3400 N. Figueroa Street. Cypress Park, CA 90065
Antimall is an annual alternative holiday market and festival. This year the event will be outdoors, with an entire street blocked off and filled with vendors. Look for the AWM table! We will be offering our purses (large and small), wallets, pillow covers, table cloths, wall hangings, jewelry, T-shirts, books, and DVDs.
There will be live music, DJs, surprise guests, Food, Toy giveaways, and Free Coffee. This is a family-friendly event!
For more information, email elpuente52@yahoo.com.
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4th Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar
Tired of submerging your conscience every holiday season?
Worried you won won’t be able to afford gifts this year?
JOIN US for the 4th Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar!
WHEN: Saturday December 12th 2009, 11 am – 4 pm
WHERE: Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd, LA (Geneva Room – wheelchair accessible)
PARKING: Street parking near the church, church lot, or Athena Parking lot across Berendo.
Browse through a large selection of affordable, sweatshop-free arts and crafts made by artisans internationally and locally, including embroidered pillow-covers, wallets and purses from Afghanistan, locally made jewelry, blankets, scarves and tote-bags, soaps, candles, oils, conscious books, CDs, and much more!
Entrance is Free. Complementary tea, coffee and pastries.
All proceeds will directly benefit the artists and workers who made the items.
Buying gifts for your loved ones doesn’t have to violate your ethics or drain your bank account!
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A Woman Among Warlords – Malalai Joya Available for Interviews
Malalai Joya, the young woman who the BBC has hailed as the “bravest in Afghanistan,” has published her memoirs, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Woman Who Dared to Speak Out.
Joya, now 31, was the youngest ever woman elected to the Afghan Parliament in 2005 and is an outspoken critic of the Karzai government and NATO occupation. She will be touring North America between Oct. 23 and Nov. 27 to speak about her new memoir, co-written with Canadian activist and writer Derrick O’Keefe.
Malalai Joya will be traveling through the US for a brief book tour at the following cities: New York, Boston, Cambridge, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Irvine, Berkeley, San Jose, Seattle, and Bellingham.
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