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There are many places in the world where women struggle against violence, inequality and poverty.Afghanistan is no stranger to this condition.To let the world know the effort continues, in Kabul on March 8, 2010 OPAWC celebrated International Women’s Day before a crowd of about two thousand people.Members of the school’s literacy program sang patriotic songs, gave speeches and performed a drama in which a woman against all obstacles demands her rights as a human being.
OPAWC has been running orphanages in refugee camps in Pakistan since 2003. This began with three located in Peshawar, and later an additional one in Afghanistan. A natural extension of this program was to provide a school for the refugees. Though the camp was closed down in 2008, the school was moved and operates now in Islamabad.
In 2008 OPAWC initiated one of its more ambitious projects, the Vocational Training Center in a western section of Kabul. Not far from one of the more impoverished areas of the city, it serves as a portal of hope for Afshar district. This was the main battle zone during the civil war from 1992-1994. Latest Update
| OPAWC Celebrates International Women's Day |
There are many places in the world where women struggle against violence, inequality and poverty.Afghanistan is no stranger to this condition.To let the world know the effort continues, in Kabul on March 8, 2010 OPAWC celebrated International Women’s Day before a crowd of about two thousand people.Members of the school’s literacy program sang patriotic songs, gave speeches and performed a drama in which a woman against all obstacles demands her rights as a human being. The audience included people from all sectors of the capital city, as well as people from such nations as Japan, Italy and the United States. |
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