by Shagufa Habibi | Jan 25, 2023 | CHARITY, EDUCATION, FAMILY, GENERAL, NEWS, NEWSLETTER, VOLUNTEERS
Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, has decided to dedicate the 2023 International Day of Education (January 24) to Afghan girls and women. On the occasion of an event organized at the UN headquarters, UNESCO will renew its call to immediately restore their...
by Shagufa Habibi | Jun 7, 2022 | CHARITY, EDUCATION, FAMILY, GENERAL, NEWS, NEWSLETTER, Uncategorized, VOLUNTEERS
Once upon a time, I was a little kid in a very big family in Afghanistan. I used to spend most of my time in my imagination. I did not have a doll to play with, but I used to take a stick and design hands and feet with strings and imagine that stick as my doll. I was...
by Shagufa Habibi | May 6, 2022 | CHARITY, EDUCATION, FAMILY, GENERAL, NEWS, NEWSLETTER, Uncategorized, VOLUNTEERS
Today I would like to write about what I call the hidden core of the heart. The first time I learned about the human heart was in school. My biology teacher explained that the heart is a muscular organ which is made out of special tissues. Its function is to pump and...
by Shagufa Habibi | Apr 22, 2022 | CHARITY, EDUCATION, FAMILY, GENERAL, NEWS, NEWSLETTER, Uncategorized, VOLUNTEERS
The world was created for us. We were created as human beings to live and to look after the world and each other. When we talk about human beings, we are not talking about gender. The words “human being” do not mean only men or women. It means all of mankind. Yet, in...
by Shagufa Habibi | Apr 6, 2022 | CHARITY, EDUCATION, FAMILY, GENERAL, NEWS, NEWSLETTER, VOLUNTEERS
Today I decided to write about why my heart sees a contradiction between the term of an Arriver and Survivor and why I choose to be called an Arriver rather than a Survivor. After I left my home country, the people, friends, and host families here would tell me “you...