Sentences with phrase «afghan children»
With the project off to a running start, this is just the beginning of our efforts to meet the educational needs of Afghan children.
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The Sesame Workshop has committed to launch Sesame Street Afghanistan to teach Afghan children not only to read, but to understand words such as «tolerance» and «reconciliation.»
In 2005 she launched the Children's Afghan Songbook & Literacy Project, an internationally recognized project that strives to preserve and redistribute traditional Afghan children's songs and folktales that were almost completely eradicated due to the devastation that has afflicted Afghanistan over the past 30 years.
At exactly 1 p.m. on Oct. 12, the day after the president made his plea for aid, the teachers of the K - 5 school in Atlanta simultaneously began a one - hour lesson aimed at helping students understand the terrorist strikes of Sept. 11, the war those attacks sparked, and the suffering of Afghan children.
The Red Cross has collected almost $ 1.5 million in a special relief fund for Afghan children after President Bush called on American schoolchildren last month to send a dollar apiece to the cause in care of the White House.
Afghan children run to school on Sept. 24.
Vulnerable populations, such as these Afghan children in Kabul, have the right to food and health.
ACLU, Amnesty International, UNICEF, Doctor's Without Borders, Engineers Without Borders, Donors Choose, Oxfam, Kiva, Goodwill Industries, The Nature Conservancy, Rotary Fund, Seed Foundation, The Secular Humanist Aid and Relief Effort or S.H.A.R.E., The Union of Concerned Scientists, United Nations Children's Fund, The Wheelchair Foundation, The Anti Discrimination Support Network, The Tanzanian Children's Fund, PlanUSA, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Afghan Children's Fund, Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (Superman was an atheist), Coalition to stop the use of child soldiers, Direct Relief International, The Halo Trust, Orbis....
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An attack on Save the Children's Jalalabad office on January 24 that killed six people and an attack on Kabul's military academy on January 29 that killed at least 11 Afghan soldiers were claimed by ISIS» Afghan branch — known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant — Khorasan Province (ISIS - K).
A station wagon packed with Afghan civilians struck a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan, triggering an explosion that killed 16 people, 11 of them children, Afghan officials said.
You can talk when you've dined in an Afghan home, this time without my wife, but still exchanging recipes and playing with the children.
Yes, for all you Muslim lovers out there, for all you Islamists that would die for your religion, for all you weak lillly livered Muslims that flee your own country to live in ours and swear to its destruction, for all you hipocrites that claim to be in a religion of tolerance and peace but live by your actions of murder and unspeakable horrors, you Iranians, you Afghans, you Pakistanis, you Iragis, you misfits and abhorents of any god, this story of a simple Christian, who is now denied his life because of stupid and educaied cowards in Iran, cowards and murderers who covet children and lust hiding behind a demonic religion, let this man be your true martyr because you are not human and can not touch him.
Rather than divide the world into camps — Muslim versus Christian, East versus West, good versus evil — Kathleen studied Islam in college, andafter 9/11 she read about the oil trade, the Afghan fight against Sovietoccupation in the 1980s, the roots of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization.After Don died, his children talked about the Crusades and colonialism, and, Kathleen says, «very early on it became clear that — you know what?
For the Empower Women in Afghanistan project it states «If this project wins, we will be able to help teach 3,000 Afghan women and children to read.»
But the Bureau's study of Afghan teenagers found that just one - in - five former unaccompanied children that apply to extend their leave are successful first time.
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Lindholm alternates between the Afghan war zone and Claus's home where the commander has a wife, Maria Pedersen (Tuva Novotny), who along with their three small children eagerly awaits his return.
Example: The patriarch of an Afghan family declares he wants his wife to be cured as quickly as possible and for as little cost as possible so that she can return to the home to care for him and his children.
Afghanistan's first institute of music train children in traditional Afghan and classical Western music, while providing a high - quality academic education, regardless...
Their stories are compelling and exceptionally interesting, as are those of the other Afghan women and children; the author has a remarkable ability to bring her subjects to life.
The question informs the engrossing new novel by Afghan - American author Khaled Hosseini, whose surprise international bestseller, The Kite Runner, so enchanted readers 10 years ago.The child in question is Pari, whose long - suffering father arranges her adoption by a well - to - do Afghan...
Three personal narratives by Afghan refugee children living in Pakistan share one theme: nostalgia for a homeland that is known only through memories and a desire to return in safety one day.
For despite its beautiful house manners, the Afghan is basically a hunting dog, warmly affectionate to its owners and usually trustworthy with children.
The following interview is from Chris Evans» BBC Radio 2 show - discussing a new report which claims Afghan Hounds are the «least intelligent» dog breed and that dogs have the equivalent intelligence of a 2 - year old child.
A blend Afghan Hound and Labrador Retriever, the Afador is a perfect pet for families with older children.
Dr. Abramson is fluent in German, enjoys skiing and tennis, and resides in Scarsdale with her 2 young children, and an Afghan Hound named Redford.
Afghans are good with children if raised or well - socialized with them.
Afghans do best with families with older children, active and sporty types.
If you have young children, I do not recommend an Afghan Hound.
With proper training and vigilance on the part of the owner, Afghans can be compatible with both children and other pets.
The multimedia installation «Poppy - Trails of Afghan Heroin» by Robert Knoth and Antoinette de Jongis a striking documentary revealing a dark side of globalization as reflected in the faces of smugglers, prisoners, prostitutes, border guards, children, and farmers.
Best known for his assemblage sculptures made from stuffed children's toys, often set upon the «stage» of a homemade Afghan rug, Kelley draws upon the Modernist traditions of the found object and collage in his colourful, irreverent sculptures.
Was here on local TV; an Afghan refugee in Pakistan, complaining to the reporters that:» he doesn't have enough food for his 3 wifes and 14 children»... You go and tell those ladies, to have a say about the number of children.
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Both lawyers are representing child soldiers held at Guantanamo Bay; Frakt as a military lawyer for an illiterate Afghan teen named Mohammed Jawad, and Edney for the only known Canadian citizen at Guantanamo, Omar Khadr.
The intervention will last for three weeks (at a rate of one session per week) and will be implemented with the selected group of Afghan families / caregivers and children under their care aged between 7 - 14.
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