Kids of Kabul by Deborah Ellis Page B
Authors: Deborah Ellis
Tags: Children—Afghanistan—Juvenile literature. Children and war—Afghanistan—Juvenile literature. Afghan War, 2001Children—Juvenile literature
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rights continue as well, with girls’ schools being burned and women activists being assassinated.
There are no easy answers for the people of Afghanistan as they face such a difficult situation. Learning more about this beautiful, tragic country and its wonderful people is one small way to try to avoid the many mistakes outsiders have made that have brought Afghans to this difficult time in their history.
For Further Information
Organizations
Afghan Book House
An organization founded by two librarians to promote librarianship, reading and the local publishing of Afghan books.
Afghanistan Youth Center
www.ayc.8m.net
An Afghan youth organization in Kabul.
Afghan Youth Initiative
www.afghanyouth.org
An organization that supports Afghan youth in Kabul.
Aina
www.ainaworld.org
Former publishers of Parvaz, the only children’s magazine in Afghanistan, Aina now works in partnership with Aschiana to provide writing, photojournalism and reading training to Afghan children.
Aschiana Foundation
www.aschiana-foundation.org
An organization that provides food, education, drug counseling, job training and micro-credit to street children.
Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan
www.cw4wafghan.ca
Supports educational opportunities for Afghan women and their families.
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
www.ibby.org
IBBY is working with Afghans to create an Afghan National IBBY section that would house a major center for reading promotion and train Afghans in reading promotion, writing, illustrating and publishing of local children’s books.
Little Women for Little Women in Afghanistan
www.littlewomenforlittlewomen.com
Founded by Alaina Podmorow, this kid-run organization raises money for Afghan schools and orphanages. Members produced a book (Through Our Eyes) of their own poetry next to images of girls from an Afghan orphanage. They welcome new members and branches.
Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization
www.necdo.org.af
Provides women, youth and children in Kabul, Ghazni and Jalalabad with health, literacy, vocational, internet, English-language and other educational support.
PARSA
www.afghanistan-parsa.org
Since 1996, PARSA has been working in Afghanistan with war victims, widows, orphans and other disadvantaged people.
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
www.rawa.org
Started in 1977, RAWA advocates political action, runs schools and supports women’s rights.
Shuhada
www.shuhada.org.af
Begun in 1989 by Dr. Sima Samar, Shuhada works to improve health, education and women’s rights in Afghanistan and in the refugee camps.
SOLA School of Leadership Afghanistan
www.sola-afghanistan.org
An NGO that provides educational opportunities to train Afghanistan’s future leaders.
Women for Afghan Women
www.womenforafghanwomen.org
A human rights organization based in New York and Kabul. Recently opened two new Children’s Support Centers where children whose mothers are in prison can live and attend school.
Books
(although written for adults, the following books are suitable for grade 8 and up):
A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan by Nelofer Pazira, Random House, 2005. A filmmaker recounts her life through the many stages of war in Afghanistan.
Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan by Ann Jones, Metropolitan/Henry Holt, 2006. An American aid worker tells the stories of women in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, and describes how little has changed.
My Forbidden Face — Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman’s Story by Latifa, Virago, 2002. Writing under a fake name, sixteen-year-old Latifa tells the story of how she survived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of the Women of Afghanistan by Sally Armstrong, Penguin, 2002. A Canadian journalist writes about her trips to Afghanistan and the women who have affected her with their stories of survival and resistance.
Women of
There are no easy answers for the people of Afghanistan as they face such a difficult situation. Learning more about this beautiful, tragic country and its wonderful people is one small way to try to avoid the many mistakes outsiders have made that have brought Afghans to this difficult time in their history.
For Further Information
Organizations
Afghan Book House
An organization founded by two librarians to promote librarianship, reading and the local publishing of Afghan books.
Afghanistan Youth Center
www.ayc.8m.net
An Afghan youth organization in Kabul.
Afghan Youth Initiative
www.afghanyouth.org
An organization that supports Afghan youth in Kabul.
Aina
www.ainaworld.org
Former publishers of Parvaz, the only children’s magazine in Afghanistan, Aina now works in partnership with Aschiana to provide writing, photojournalism and reading training to Afghan children.
Aschiana Foundation
www.aschiana-foundation.org
An organization that provides food, education, drug counseling, job training and micro-credit to street children.
Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan
www.cw4wafghan.ca
Supports educational opportunities for Afghan women and their families.
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
www.ibby.org
IBBY is working with Afghans to create an Afghan National IBBY section that would house a major center for reading promotion and train Afghans in reading promotion, writing, illustrating and publishing of local children’s books.
Little Women for Little Women in Afghanistan
www.littlewomenforlittlewomen.com
Founded by Alaina Podmorow, this kid-run organization raises money for Afghan schools and orphanages. Members produced a book (Through Our Eyes) of their own poetry next to images of girls from an Afghan orphanage. They welcome new members and branches.
Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization
www.necdo.org.af
Provides women, youth and children in Kabul, Ghazni and Jalalabad with health, literacy, vocational, internet, English-language and other educational support.
PARSA
www.afghanistan-parsa.org
Since 1996, PARSA has been working in Afghanistan with war victims, widows, orphans and other disadvantaged people.
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
www.rawa.org
Started in 1977, RAWA advocates political action, runs schools and supports women’s rights.
Shuhada
www.shuhada.org.af
Begun in 1989 by Dr. Sima Samar, Shuhada works to improve health, education and women’s rights in Afghanistan and in the refugee camps.
SOLA School of Leadership Afghanistan
www.sola-afghanistan.org
An NGO that provides educational opportunities to train Afghanistan’s future leaders.
Women for Afghan Women
www.womenforafghanwomen.org
A human rights organization based in New York and Kabul. Recently opened two new Children’s Support Centers where children whose mothers are in prison can live and attend school.
Books
(although written for adults, the following books are suitable for grade 8 and up):
A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan by Nelofer Pazira, Random House, 2005. A filmmaker recounts her life through the many stages of war in Afghanistan.
Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan by Ann Jones, Metropolitan/Henry Holt, 2006. An American aid worker tells the stories of women in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, and describes how little has changed.
My Forbidden Face — Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman’s Story by Latifa, Virago, 2002. Writing under a fake name, sixteen-year-old Latifa tells the story of how she survived in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of the Women of Afghanistan by Sally Armstrong, Penguin, 2002. A Canadian journalist writes about her trips to Afghanistan and the women who have affected her with their stories of survival and resistance.
Women of
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