Suspected Taliban rebels bomb school
Suspected Taliban militants bombed a primary school on the outskirts of Peshawar yesterday, underscoring the Islamist threat in northwest Pakistan despite a series of military offensives. [More]
Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
NYTimes: The Women’s Crusade
The liberation of women could help solve many of the world’s problems, from poverty to child mortality to terrorism. [MORE]
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Some of these people are truly amazing. Seeing what other people have to go through just to be able to read or provide for their kids makes so many of the things that concern people in my world so trivial. When I find myself wasting time, I think about stories like Tererai's. She spent much of her life being told to not educate herself, not to go beyond what was expected of women like her. She was beaten and punished for trying, but in the end, a cattle herder from Zimbabwe DID go to America, IS making a difference for the lives of her children and her people, and WILL achieve all her dreams, including getting a PhD. Wow.
I think we should all ask ourselves what it is exactly that we're doing with our time, wealth, and education. There is more to life than entertainment and luxury.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Asim and Tamreez is fundraising for Friends Of The Citizens Foundation - JustGiving
Asim and Tamreez is fundraising for Friends Of The Citizens Foundation - JustGiving
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A friend's friend is climbing Mt. Kilamanjaro to raise money for the Citizen's Foundation, which builds schools in urban slums in Pakistan. I commend their efforts and hope they achieve their goals!
- The Kettle Rumbles
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
NY Times: Teacher, Can We Leave Now? No.
Watching the delight in the faces of Afghan girls crowded into a school waiting to learn put a new perspective on the war. [MORE]
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Thomas Friedman writes about his thoughts after being at one of the Central Asai Institute's schools in Afghanistan. The impression he got was enough to give him hope that perhaps not everything that has happened in Afghanistan is bad and that perhaps the world can't just leave and abandon the region (again).
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